Collection of Mexican Orange Blossoms

This collection of Mexican Orange Blossoms will create the evergreen structure of an informal hedge or a large shrub bed in not too cold climates. These elegant shrubs, attractive even in winter, offer a beautiful white flowering with the scent of orange blossom between March and May, and often a second, smaller flowering in late summer. Their foliage is pleasantly aromatic when crushed in a color ranging from glossy dark green to golden green depending on the plant. These relatively hardy Mexican orange blossoms are drought-resistant when planted in the ground. They are also perfect against the wall of a house.

The collection consists of:

1 Choisya ternata: a botanical species native to Mexico, quickly forming a large bush, reaching 2 metres in all directions. Its leaves are divided into 3 wide, very bright, shiny green leaflets. At the end of the branches, compact clusters of small flowers with 5 white petals appear, loved by pollinating insects.

1 Choisya ternata Sundance: a brighter variety than the previous species, with foliage that is yellow in spring and then tender green. Its flowering is the same.

1 Choisya 'Aztec Pearl': a hybrid with magnificent finely cut, light green foliage, with white flowers tinged with pink in bud and delicately scented. The shrub reaches the same dimensions as the previous two. Its growth is slightly slower.

The Mexican orange tree is hardy down to -12/-15°C. This shrub likes loose, well-worked, deep, rich soil that is not too wet in winter and summer. It tolerates the presence of limestone. Keep a minimum spacing of 1 metre between two plants. To create a maintenanace-free, 2-metre tall evergreen hedge, plant these three Mexican orange trees alternating with Lisarose Laurustinus, Compact Elaeagnus, Photinia Devil's Dream, and Apple Blossom Escallonia. You will have a permanent green screen that flowers almost all year round.