Mexican Orange-flower
By Lou Paun
Mexican Orange-flower (Choisya Ternata) - A handsome shrub; in the south and west often thrives with the shelter of a wall and a southern or western aspect, and in high ground, at least, as a bush.
Mexican Orange Blossom
Choisya ternata 'Sundance'
Genus: Choisya
Species: ternata
Cultivar: 'Sundance' ...
Mexican Orange Blossom
Scientific Name: Choisya ternata Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth
Synonym:
Family: Rutaceae ...
Mexican orange
(Choisya ternata)
Small white flowers smell like orange blossoms with a hint of gardenia. The evergreen shrub (not a true citrus) reaches 6 to 8 feet tall, and takes sun in cooler climates but part shade elsewhere.
Mexican orange blossom is a fast growing evergreen shrub which can get to 2 metres. Trim for hedging, easy to propagate from cuttings. Pretty white flowers, lovely glossy green leaf. Frost hardy (eastern coast of Australia).
Mexican orange's glossy green leaves provide a beautiful backdrop for clusters of fragrant white flowers.
Description
Mexican orange is a small and compact evergreen broadleaf shrub that gets about 6-8 ft (1.8-2.4 m) tall with a similar spread.
Mexican Orange Blossom has a naturally shallow root system, & if planted too deep will never root properly. So if obtaining a specimen that is rootbound, the roots must be loosened up & spread so that they won't be pointing downward in the soil.
Mexican orange blossom white Flowering in late spring. Evergreen. Does well in shade. Ht 8ft 2.4m
Mahonia aquifolium ...
Mexican Orange
CHOIZ-e-a
Nine species of mostly evergreen, aromatic shrubs. Leaves opposite or nearly so, most palmate. Flowers in axillary clusters, 4-5 each sepals and petals, 8-10 stamens. Fruit leathery, 2-valved capsule.
Choisya ternata (Mexican orange)
Cistus
Clematis
Cornus sanguinea (dogwood)
Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese cedar)
Cytisus (broom)
Daphne laureola (spurge laurel)
Daphne mezereum (mezereum)
Deutzia scabra
Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata' ...
Mexican Orange (Choisya ternata)
Mexican palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Mexican palo Verde (Parkinsonia aculeata)
Mexican Shell Flower (Tigridia pavonia)
Mexican Shrimp Plant (Justicia brandegeana)
Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) ...
Mexican Orange Choisya ternata, has shiny green leaves and clusters of small white fragrant flowers in late spring.
Rhododendrons and Azaleas need acid soil and part shade.
Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata)
Mock orange (Pittosporum tobira)
Satinwood tree, orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata)
Sweet mock orange (Philadelphus coronarius)
Sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) ...
Choisya 'Aztec Pearl'
Family: Rutaceae
Mexican Orange Blossom
Origin: Mexico ...
I love 'Little Titch' catmint (Nepeta racemosa 'Little Titch') beneath, interweaving the darker blue of Anchusa azura 'Loddon Royalist' through the roses, all against a backdrop of Mexican orange blossom (Choisya ternata) with its glossy evergreen ...
Starleaf Mexican Orange [English]: Choisya dumosa
Starlet Spineflower [English]: Chorizanthe stellulata
Starlift Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Starlift'
Starlight Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Starlight' ...
 See also: Orange, Green, Choisya ternata, Evergreen, Pink
  
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