Murraya Paniculata - Mock Orange or (Orange Jasmine)

Murraya, Mock orange or Orange jessamine (murraya panticulata) is the most commonly used murraya, and it can makes a great evergreen hedging plant. Delicate foliage with masses of creamish white perfumed flowers (see picture right). Fast growing it can be cut back to form a good screen.

Growth habit and care

Although it will easily reach 3m in time it is a reasonably slow goring plant and can take 3-4 years to reach full size. Often pruned or trimmed to create a smaller or more formal hedge Murraya, Mock orange or Orange jessamine is best pruned innerly autumn or spring. Spring is also a good time to fertilise, after pruning water well. apply fertiliser and water well again. Regular pruning will create a nice dense hedge, so a good shaping in spring and then a tidy up in late summer to autumn will keep them in shape. If planting as a hedge plant at 50cm centres. Looking for a dwarf murraya, try Murraya Paniculata 'Min-A-Min' this one will reach around 1m, an excellent low border plant

Spring is also a good time to renew mulch which will create a cool root run and help promote good growth.