Since it hit the market, I have been promoting this new variety of Mexican Orange Blossom (scientific name: Choisya x dewitteana 'Londaz' White Dazzler) in catalogues… but now… I’ve got it! I took advantage of the long Easter weekend to plant this magnificent bush in my garden. I’ve wanted it for a long time, but I had to make some space to welcome it into my home!

Choisya or Mexican Orange Blossom 'White Dazzler'
The Choisya or Mexican Orange Blossom 'White Dazzler' is an evergreen bush with a compact ball habit, featuring an abundant pure white and fragrant flowering, suitable for pots and borders.

This new Choisya 'White Dazzler' really has everything to please, and it’s not just hot air, as I have five good reasons to share with you:

  1. It flowers abundantly and re-blooms generously, in several successive waves, depending on the weather, sometimes until November-December. Its flowering is white, a neutral colour: it can be paired with anything.
  2. During the rare periods when it doesn’t bloom, you can enjoy its decorative foliage, fine and elegant, composed of 5 to 7 narrow lobes, bright green on young shoots, becoming more matte and darker later. It is evergreen, so you can enjoy it all year round!
  3. It smells like orange blossom, and this applies to both its flowers and foliage. Once you know its fragrance, you can spot it from several metres away long before you see it!
  4. It’s a true all-rounder: you can grow it in pots on the terrace or in borders, small or large, as it maintains a small size (about 1.2 to 1.5 m high and wide). Moreover, it tolerates pruning very well, and you can even use it as a low hedge. If you don’t want to prune it, no worries: it will remain dense and ramified on its own.
  5. It adapts to your plot: it grows in sun or shade (although it will bloom less!), in fresh, rich soil as well as in dry, stony soil, from north to south: it easily withstands temperatures down to about -12°C, and if the branches were to freeze, it will almost always regrow from the stump!

With all that… you can’t help but love this Choisya 'White Dazzler', especially since I find it fits beautifully in a "contemporary" setting (planted in a designer pot) or a "graphic" style (with a grass), as well as in an "exotic" decor (with a banana tree or eucalyptus, for example) or, of course, in a more classic "romantic" or "cottage" style (with a rose and perennials). Don’t look for excuses anymore, you need it in your home too… professional’s word!