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How to plant and care for Mexican Orange Blossom (Choisya)
Choisya ternata 'Sundance'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
A rounded evergreen with glossy, golden-yellow leaves and scented white flowers in spring. Brightens a dull corner all year.
When to plant and care for it
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Flowers
Timed for a typical UK garden (last frost mid-April). The app uses your own town's frost dates.
Growing Mexican Orange Blossom (Choisya): what it needs
- Light
- Part shade · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well for the first summer, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 1.5 m
- Height
- 1.5 m
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 7–10
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 1.5 m apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MayIn Flower
Scented white flowers.
- JuneTrim After Flowering
After flowering, trim lightly to keep a neat shape; shorten any straggly shoots.
