Mexican Orange by drag
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Hello all, hope you are enjoying your weekend. This is my Mexican Orange shrub. It grows by our deck and when it's in bloom it smells wonderful. It's always alive with bees at that time too. Hope you enjoy...Thanks for stopping by..Take care:0)bonita
Mexican orange is a small and compact evergreen broadleaf shrub that gets about 6-8 ft (1.8-2.4 m) tall with a similar spread. The leaves are opposite and palmately compound with three elliptic leaflets, each about 2-3 in (5-8 cm) long. When bruised they give off a strong and pungent smell. The white 4 or 5-petaled flowers are about 1 in (2.5 cm) across and deliciously fragrant. They stand in clusters of 3-6 above the shiny rich green foliage. Mexican orange is very showy, especially during its blooming period which lasts several weeks from early spring to summer.
Honeybees and butterflies are attracted to the fragrant flowers which are very similar to orange blossoms.
Comments (31)
Geophree
Outstanding!
shutterbugs
Beautiful composition! Excellent!
flora-crassella
...wunderbare Aufnahme von diesen fast künstlich aussehenden Orangen-Blüten! Sehr, sehr schön!!!
Charberry
Nice POV!! Excellent image. ;o)
MrsRatbag
Gorgeous capture!
GBCalls
Very nice! Perfect focus.
mermaid
I wish one could have the fragrant with the shot...smile... very fine one...
cmolsen2002
Beautiful! Pov and composition are both lovely.
Fidelity2
This is an excellent image by you.
rocserum
wonderful photograph! RS
busi2ness
Excellent shallow DOF and lighting Bonita. It sounds like a wonderful shrub to have in ones garden.
jocko500
wonderful. guess they grow oranges?
SapUS59
a gorgeous flower and superb capture !!
drag
@ Jocko this shrub is like a mock orange and does not grow oranges. I wish lol.
witch_1612
Wonderful Work!!!
timtripp
it, like the photo, is gorgeous!
rainbows
I wish it grew oranges for you too. It is beautiful Bonita, as is your capture. A glorious plant. Hugs. Di. xx
Joko-Style
very nice shot!
dorcyjjah
Wow!! Excellent macro-shot:) and beautiful flowers as well:) hugs and kisses: Dorci
Hendesse
Wonderful colors and fantastic details. Excellent and very beautiful shot!
danob
It is indeed very pretty and does it also grow Oranges ..
auntietk
Lovely image! I love the composition. It's quite beautiful, and I can almost smell it from here!
CavalierLady
Beautiful blossoms. Wish you could upload the fragrance that you love so well, wish I could smell it too. :)
Richardphotos
awesome flower and capture.they are very refreshing to the eyes
amota99517
This is a beautiful shot!!!! The lighting in this shot is fantastic.
ledwolorz
Beautiful photo.
durleybeachbum
Excellent! I've got a couple of these and one of them has bright yellow leaves!
lucindawind
its beautiful !
tetsu-pino
Very beautiful shot!!
three_grrr
Beautiful! Wonder if this would grow in my garden. I'd love to have one, it looks so wonderful and must smell just fabulous! And think of the oppertunities to shoot bees and butterflies!