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Mexican orange blossoms are outstanding evergreen shrubs that have palmately divided leaves that carry an aromatic fragrance. The star-shaped flowers are also fragrant and therefore this is the perfect choice for a sensory garden. The waxy green leaves add colour to your garden all year round, they also make the perfect foil for other plants when they are not in bloom. The common name is derived from the fact that the flowers resemble the flowers on an orange tree, they also carry the same scent. In order to get the best out of this shrub, plant it in a full sun position. The sweetly scented flowers are also a great choice for attracting wildlife to your garden and are particularly popular with butterflies. The flowers usually appear in spring but in a really good summer you may get another delightful batch appearing in late summer.
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Choisya Aztec Pearl
Mexican Orange Blossom
Common Name: Mexican Orange BlossomLatin Name: Choisya ternata 'Aztec pearl'Soil: any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May / pink-tinged white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.5mSpecial features: An evergreen shrub with slender, glossy, dark green leavesAn evergreen shrub with slender, glossy, dark green leaves, and clusters of fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers in late spring, 'Aztec Pearl' is a more compact alternative to the ubiquitous Choisya ternata. It's ideal for the back or middle of a mixed border and, in hot summers and full sun, it may flower twice without pruning. It can also be grown in partial shade as an attractive foliage plant. Although it's fully hardy, the leaves may be damaged by exposure to strong winds or frost.
Choisya Goldfingers
Mexican Orange Blossom
Common Name: Mexican Orange BlossomLatin Name: 'Choisya Goldfingers'Soil: any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to June / White flowersHardiness: Frost hardyEventual height/spread: 2m x 2mSpecial features: Evergreen shrub with aromatic, golden leaves.Lighter coloured form of 'Aztec Pearl' a compact shrub that has a distinctive walnut smell when brushed by. Goldfingers also has sweetly scented white flowers in late spring and again in late summer. The leaves are slightly dissected and bright yellow in colour. Fully hardy in most cases, but a little protection from cold wind is advisable, more because of leaf damage than a risk of dying.
Choisya Sundance
Mexican Orange Blossom
Common Name: Mexican Orange BlossomLatin Name: Choisya ternata 'Sundance'Soil: any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: April to May and sometimes again in September / clusters of white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 1.5m x 2.5mSpecial features: Cheerful, bright yellow, glossy young leaves. (Evergreen)Choisya ternata 'Sundance' is a good tempered evergreen plant with lovely bright yellow new foliage. Sometimes the shrub retains these fresh tints through the summer and gives a pleasing, bright effect. The strong whorled leaves, glossy and slim, add to the colour effect. This is a more compact than Choisya ternata and has a good rounded shape.
Choisya ternata
Mexican Orange Blossom
Common Name: Mexican Orange BlossomLatin Name: Choisya ternataSoil: any well-drained soilPosition: Full sun or partial shadeFlowering period/colour: May, often with a second flush in early autumn / white flowersHardiness: Fully hardyEventual height/spread: 2.5m x 2.5mSpecial features: Glossy, aromatic, dark green leaves. (Evergreen)Choisya ternata is a medium-sized shrub with very smooth, bright green, shiny leaves. It has white, sweetly scented flowers in late spring and early summer and sometimes, a less enthusiastic second crop of flowers in the autumn. The leaves are aromatic when crushed and if you hold one up to the light you can see that they are dotted with translucent oil glands. One of the attractions of this plant is its naturally rounded shape which makes a strong feature in the garden, especially as the foliage is a bright uniform green, attractive in all seasons.
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