Scientific name: Choisya x dewitteana ‘Aztec pearl’
Family: RUTACEAE
Common names: “Mexican orange ‘Aztec Pearl'”
Plant Type: Evergreen shrub
Conditions:
Zone: 9-10
Light: Full sun – semi-shade
Exposure: Sheltered from cold winter winds
Soil: Average fertility
Moisture: Well drained to drought
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: 5′-8′ H & W
Leaf and Stem shape: Open rounded habit, with bright green leaves composed of 3-5 slender leaflets
Flower: fragrant, white, tinged pink in bud, in small clusters in late spring, and again in autumn
Pruning: Cut out winter damage, can be pruned down to 3″ coppice
Maintenance: Low
Landscape use: Drought and deer resistant, wallside, city and courtyard gardens, grows well in the root run of established trees
Propagate: By cuttings
Pests & Disease: None in Victoria, may look sick in wet soil
*Deer proof
Comments: Cross of C. ternata with C. arizonica
~AGM winner
Cultivars: ~AGM winners: C. d. x White Dazzler = ‘Londaz’
