Choisya ternata in full flower in the garden in January 2012
There is absolutely no doubt about it, my Choisya ternata should not have been in flower throughout January, but its blooming is a fact I can’t ignore.
We have had a very mild winter this year and I guess it hasn’t been cold enough to stop the plant from doing its thing. Although as I write on the first day of February, we are having a first mini-freeze of the winter.
My Choisya ternata in bud in April 2010
I don’t know what this cold snap will do to the Choisya flowers and I don’t know what the plant will do later in the year. Will it be flowerless in April and May, when it usually blooms? Will it have a rest and then start again?
My Choisya ternata in bloom in May 2010
Choisya, you may recall, is a Mexican plant named after the Swiss botanist Jacques Denis Choisy and is mentioned in my blog post Who would YOU name a plant after?
My big Choisya is very robust, but I also have a Choisya ternata Sundance, which has more golden leaves and is not as vigorous.
My Choisya ternata Sundance in flower in April 2011
Read about the chrysalis Esther Montgomery found last week when digging up her Choisya Sundance here…
The Squirrelbasket 
Oh, how I’m jealous!
Oh dear, sorry 😦
I expect I’ve “got it to come” anyway, as although the Choisya is OK, the bane of my container plants is usually vine weevils (they love Fuchsia roots)…
Beautiful Choisya..I also envy you..but..your sharing enables me to enjoy the photos and stretch the imagination…