Choisya ternata - Mexican orange blossom
Location: Croydon/ London. C. ternata is a round evergreen shrub that can grow up to 2.5m tall as well as wide. It prefers to grow in full sunlight and in well drained soils. It is commonly seen in suburban areas used as an ornamental in front gardens.
Here you can see the flower buds ready to show clusters of 5 white lobed stars with yellow stamen in the centre. They bloom from Autumn to Spring. The leaves are dark green, glossy and trifoliate.
In the bottom right you will notice that some of the leaves are damaged by an animal, C. ternata is prone to damage by snails.
Fresh new light green foliage emerges.
Location: Croydon/ London. This species is called Choisia ternata 'sundance'.
It has the same characteristics as C. ternata only the foliage is yellow/green. It is favoured because of it's range of colours.
