Garden Forwardshrub
Mexican orange blossom
Choisya ternata
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Partial shade
Soil moisture
average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 40°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -10°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
4/5
Mature size
1.5–2.5 m tall, 2 m spread
Seasonal interest
Spring and autumn · White
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 3/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Foliage burns in cold drying winds.
Toxicity: none
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Choisya ternata Kunth
- Family
- Rutaceae (Sapindales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 3833284
Recorded as introduced in: Belgium, England, Flemish Region, France, Great Britain, Madeira, The Netherlands, Wales
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Choisya ternata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, known as Mexican orange blossom or Mexican orange.
Description from Wikipedia — Choisya ternata (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: climate-suitable
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.