Cestrum nocturnum seed
LATIN NAME: CESTRUM NOCTURNUM
COMMON NAME: Night-Blooming Jasmine
The night-blooming jasmine scents the tall, loose, evergreen shrub with the long, slender, arching stems and the many narrow, pointed, dark-green leaves, the clusters of the small, tubular, greenish-white flowers scenting the evening air with the heavy, sweet fragrance, the small, glossy, white berries following. The shrub grows quickly into the open, airy crown, and it likes the sun or the light shade, and the rich, moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The evening fragrance of the night-blooming jasmine gives it a recognised place in the research on the night-scented garden plants of the nightshade family, and the nocturnum species appears in the studies of the floral scent chemistry and the night-opening habit. The work looks at the way the tubular flowers perfume the evening air, the quick, easy growth, and the seed biology. The perfumers value the scent, and the growers of the warm-climate fragrance and container gardens keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the warm evening garden, the night-blooming jasmine scents the evening garden with the sweet, pale flowers. The blooms perfume the night air, the berries feed the birds, and the shrub makes the fine tub plant for the patio. It grows well in the rich, moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Night-scented, airy and patio-ready.
To grow the Night-Blooming Jasmine from seed, sow the fresh seeds into the deep pots of the moist, rich mix, cover them lightly, keep the pots in the warm, bright spot and water gently.
Sow the fresh seeds into the deep pots of the moist, rich mix, and pot the seedlings on as they grow. The scent blooms come within the season. , and the seedlings push through within a few weeks. The scent blooms will perfume the warm season.
Cestrum nocturnum
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NIGHT BLOOMING JASMINE
An evergreen woody shrub growing to 13 ft tall. The leaves are simple, narrow and lance shaped, broad, smooth and glossy, with an entire margin. The flowers are greenish-white, with a slender tubular corolla, almost an inch long with five acute lobes, that open at night and releases a powerful, sweet perfume. The fruit is a small aubergine colored berry. The fruits and foliage should not be consumed as there are mixed reports regarding their toxicity.
Cultivation
Cestrum nocturnum is grown in subtropical regions as an ornamental plant for its flowers that are heavily perfumed at night. It grows best in average to moist soil that is light and sandy, with a neutral pH of 6.6 to 7.5, and is hardy to hardiness zone 8. C. nocturnum can be fertilized biweekly with a weak dilution of seaweed and fish emulsion fertilizer.