| Scientific Name: | Choisya ternata |
| Common Name: | Mexican mock orange |
| Family Name: | Rutaceae |
| Origin: | Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fragrance, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Distinctive smell, Trifoliate (ternate), Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Apr-May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Round evergreen shrub; leaves opposite, compound-palmate with 3(-5) glossy, leaflets mostly oblanceolate, 4-8cm long x 2-3cm wide, distinctive pungent, spicy orange or basil-like scent when crushed, oil glands visible when held up to light; flowers ~2.5cm wide, 5 white petals, fragrant, mainly Apr.-May (may flower sporadically into Sept). | |