Choisya Ternata Leaves Turning Yellow

The leaves of the choisya grow in groups of three at the ends of branches.

Choisya ternata leaves turning yellow. Our houseplants often have leaves turning yellow due to nutrient deficiency or excess salt in the soil from too much fertilizer. It may be necessary to change the soil or leach it with large amounts of water to correct the balance. It has suddenly had about 40 of its leaves go yellow and these are now falling. Golden mexican orange blossom choisya ternata sundance is a popular medium sized evergreen shrub with bright golden yellow leaves which start out as lime yellow in spring before turning gold later in the summer.

Cut down the stems with the pale leaves right down to the bottom. Choisya ternata is evergreen in most climates with glossy dark green divided leaves which grow in 3 leaflets. However it is happily flowering. When crushed the leaves have a distinctive smell which reminds many gardeners of basil.

How to grow choisya. Choisya aztec pearl choisya x dewitteana aztec pearl commonly called mexican orange blossom an evergreen shrub has fragrant glossy green leaves and sweet smelling flowers. What kind of watering has it been getting. The green growth below will grow on up and change colour to yellow once its got enough light on it feed with a general purpose fertilizer such as growmore or similar raked or turned into the soil around the base of the plant.

The foliage is evergreen although it looks at its best from march to november. The ideal choisya shrub planting area depends on whether your climate is cool or warm. They also look great planted together in a border or against a wall. These bushes grow up to 8 feet 2 cm tall and make excellent hedges and privacy screens.

Ihave choisya tennata in a pot and the leaves are turning yellow and dropping off please advise on what to do. Thought about it being due to recent dry spell but other plants around it including a nearby choisya sundance seem ok. Mexican orange blossom choisya ternata is grown not only for the masses of beautiful flowers in late april to late may but also for their foliage which in the case of choisya ternata sundance is a delicate yellow to lime green colour. The sundance variety has attractive lime green to yellow foliage which looks its best from march to november.