About
Choisya ternata is a compact, bushy evergreen shrub characterized by its dark green, glossy foliage composed of three broad leaflets. Its flowers are pure white and fragrant, occasionally blooming intermittently through the winter months.
About the genus
Choisya consists of evergreen shrubs featuring aromatic, palmately lobed foliage and producing fragrant, star-like white blooms.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- Mexico
- Fragrance
- Flower, Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in well-drained soil in a sheltered position in full sun to part shade
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to glasshouse red spider mite and snails
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus