Ixora species at Aspley Nursery

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Ixora are one of the most colourful flowering screen and hedge plants available. Most will grow in sun or shade and have flowers in massed heads throughout the year.

There are four varieties of Ixora that have proved the most popular and successful,

1. Iora Prince of Orange    It grows about 2m and prefers semi shaded positions. It bears masses of long lasting orange heads of flower.
2. Ixora Orange dwarf       Probably the most popular as it only grows about one metre and has masses of orange flowers in spring and summer.
3. Ixora yellow dwarf        Very similar in habit to orange dwarf but it has golden flowers. Nota s robust as the orange form.
4. Ixora Pink Malay           Grows to about one metre with a more open habit than the other Ixora and has large heads of soft pink flower. Prefers shade. 
5. Ixora Sunshine               The dwarf form of Ixora that grows to 500mm with finer leaves and foliage with yellow clusters of flowers. 

Ixora Orange Dwarf	Ixora Sunshine	Ixora Pink Malay
Ixora Orange Dwarf	Ixora Sunshine Flower	Ixora pink Malay Flower
Ixora Prince of Orange	Ixora Yellow Dwarf Flower	Ixora Yellow Dwarf

This is a photo of  Ixora orange dwarf at my home. The hedge is about 6 years old and is on the southern side of a Syzygium Elite hedge. It flowers for about three months of the year and requires only light pruning after flowering. 

During summer most of the hedge is in full sun and in winter part shade.

I find it very easy to maintain, I lightly prune it every 4 months (excluding when buds are set and that's about it

16/01/2012