Choisya ternata

Fabulously fragrant, Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange Blossom) is a very handsome, rounded, evergreen, dense shrub with aromatic, glossy, medium green leaves composed of 3 leaflets. A profusion of fragrant, star-shaped, pure white flowers bloom from late spring to early summer and often intermittently throughout the summer and/or in the fall. Rich in nectar, they are greatly appreciated by bees and butterflies. Both flowers and leaves have the divine fragrance of orange blossoms.

Choisya ternata from Van Meuwen

Showy year-round, Choisya ternata 'Lich' SUNDANCE (Mexican Orange Blossom) is a very handsome, rounded, evergreen, dense shrub with aromatic, glossy, chartreuse to golden yellow foliage. A profusion of fragrant, star-shaped, pure white flowers bloom from late spring to early summer and often intermittently throughout the summer and/or in the fall. Rich in nectar, they are greatly appreciated by bees and butterflies.

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Choisya ternata 'Sundance' in shrub border with Berberis and conifers.

Description This evergreen shrub has glossy yellow-green leaves and produces clusters of white flowers that have a fragrance similar to that of orange blossoms. It makes an excellent informal hedge or screen. It requires full sun for growth and partial shade when grown in hot areas. It will need soil amendments if grown in alkaline soil or if water is high in salts.

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Spring flowering shrub Choisya ternata Sundance, yellow foliage with white blooms showing entire plant habit as hedge

Gleditsia triacanthos tree underplanted with Choisya ternata, Berberis, Allium 'Globemaster' and Digitalis 'Candy Mountain'