Plant Database
Mexican Orange Blossom
Choisya ternata
Mexican Orange Blossom is a versatile, fast-growing evergreen shrub prized for its glossy, aromatic foliage and profusion of fragrant spring flowers. Its leaves are composed of three glossy, dark green leaflets that release a pleasant citrus scent when crushed. In mid to late spring, it is covered with clusters of star-shaped, white flowers that smell like orange blossoms, often re-blooming lightly in fall. Adaptable, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, it forms a dense, rounded mound perfect for sunny borders, foundations, or fragrant hedges.
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Fragrant Spring Blooms & Foliage: Produces abundant clusters of sweetly fragrant, orange blossom-scented white flowers in spring. The glossy, tri-foliate leaves are aromatic when brushed or crushed.
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Fast-Growing & Dense Habit: Grows quickly into a lush, rounded, and densely branched shrub, reaching 6-8 feet tall and wide if unpruned.
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Adaptable & Low Maintenance: Tolerates a range of soils, drought once established, and both full sun and partial shade. Requires minimal care and is deer resistant.
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Versatile Landscape Use: Excellent as a specimen, in mixed borders, for foundation planting, or sheared into a fragrant informal hedge.
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Responds Well to Pruning: Can be pruned hard after flowering to control size and promote a bushier habit. It often flowers again on new growth.