Scientific name: Choisya ternata

Common name:  Mexican mock orange

Family name: Rutaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 2-3m tall, 1.5-2m wide

Form: dense and round.

Water use: Moderate.

Soil requirements: Well-drained. Acidic. Needs lots of iron.

Leaf arrangement: Compound. Opposite.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: Cyme flowers (white and showy) and capsular fruit.

Limitations: Very strong smelling flowers. Therefore plant in calm, hot place. Reflects light a lot.

Suitable uses: Hedge. Mass plantings. Border. Flowers late in season.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Pinnately compound (3leaflets). Opposite. Capsular fruit. Leaves spicy, basil smell when ripped. Flowers smell like orange blossoms. Disscusate leaves (90 degrees)

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