Gardeners Tips for Choisya
You pays your money and you takes your Choysia- ternata, pearl or sundance it is up to you.
This Choisya ‘Sundance’ is an evergreen shrub grown from a young shoot cutting. The plants are trouble free and create a dome shape 4-5 feet high and spread in a similar number of years.
- Grown mainly for the bright yellow of the new leaves they can be nipped brown with late frosts. Such damaged, scorched or wing burnt leaves should be cut off.
- The small star shaped white flowers in April and May are very aromatic. A second flush of flowers may be obtained in Autumn.
- Leaves also smell of basil or a bit citrusy if crushed
- Choisya ternata ‘Aztec Pearl’ commonly called Mexican Orange blossom has narrower divided leaves and I find it is a bit thin in habit. The flowers are more numerous.
- Choisya ‘Sundance’ is quite dense and the leaves, even when they have turned green, remain attractive and glossy.
- Choisya will stand partial shade and can be used as part of an informal hedge
- Propagate in Summer or Autumn, cuttings are easy to grow
- Prune to keep in shape and cut out a third of the branches to renew from the base when needed.