Rutaceae
Choisya dumosa var. dumosa
Choisya dumosa var. dumosa var. dumosa
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Desert Shrub · Fragrant · White Flowers · Xeriscape · Native · Evergreen · Chihuahuan Desert · Drought Adapted · Pollinator · Mock Orange
Desert mock orange is a compact, fragrant evergreen shrub native to the Chihuahuan Desert region, making it well adapted to hot, dry conditions in partial shade or full sun. Plant in well-drained soil and water deeply but infrequently once established; it is fairly drought tolerant when mature. Its white, citrus-scented flowers attract pollinators and make it a lovely low-maintenance addition to xeriscape or native plant gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.4–9.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Mexico Northeast, New Mexico, Texas
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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