Choisya ternata Sundance ('Lich')

Mexican orange blossom

Eventual height & spread

Choisya ternata Sundance ('Lich')

Mexican orange blossom

  • 2 litre pot
  • £22.09 £25.99
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  • 3 × 2 litre pots
  • £53.54 £62.99 £17.85 each
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  • 6 × 2 litre pots
  • £93.49 £109.99 £15.58 each
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  • Position: partial shade
  • Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: April to May and August to September
  • Hardiness: fully hardy


This relative of the popular Choisya ternata has cheerful, bright yellow, glossy young evergreen foliage and produces clusters of white flowers in late spring. This dome-shaped shrub is ideal for a mixed or shrub border in light shade, where the leaves become a more subtle yellow-green.


  • Garden care:
    Plant in a lightly shaded spot, conditioning the soil with well-rotted compost and some mycorrhizal fungi to aid root development.

    Prune established plants in spring immediately after flowering, removing 25-30cm (10-12in) of the flowered stems. This encourages a second flush of flowers in late summer and autumn. At the same time remove any frost-damaged stems to the base.
  • Goes well with