An adaptable, landscape friendly shrub with showy white flowers. Mockorange develops an extensive root system allowing it to thrive on sunny dry slopes as well as lowland streamside forest. The size and shape of a mockorange shrub will depend heavily on its growing conditions: in sunny sites they are denser with smaller leaves, and in shady sites they can be almost tree-like with larger, darker leaves.
 
This species forms small dense clusters on the very droughty hillside behind the nursery, providing birds and small critters with shelter in an otherwise open grassland environment. I'm always amazed that they have any green leaves left in August after the heat, drought, and heavy deer browse but they (usually) do. 
 
This species develops small seed heads rather than edible fruits, but the flowers are dense and showy. Plant with elderberry, chokecherry, hawthorn, and serviceberry for a wildlife-friendly thicket.