Jasminum officinale seed
LATIN NAME: JASMINUM OFFICINALE
COMMON NAME: Common Jasmine
The common jasmine twinkles the twining, semi-evergreen climber with the slender, arching stems and the pinnate leaves of the small, pointed leaflets, the clusters of the small, white, star-shaped flowers opening through the summer and the early autumn, each bloom releasing the heavy, sweet scent that carries through the warm evenings. The flowers cover the plant in the repeated flushes, and the vine scrambles over the wall, the arch and the fence. It likes the sun or the part shade, and the moist, well-drained soil.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The intensely fragrant flowers of the common jasmine hold a long place in the research on the scent chemistry of the olive family, and the species appears in the studies of the perfumery oils and the flush-flowering climbers. The work looks at the essential oil compounds, the way the vine twines and flowers in the waves, and the seed handling. The perfumers value the oil, and the growers of the scented wall shrubs and climbers keep the species in their catalogues.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the warm garden, the common jasmine twinkles the white stars through the summer evenings. The heavy, sweet scent carries on the dusk air, the flowers have scented the teas, the oils and the perfumes for the ages, and they draw the moths and the bees. The vine clothes the wall, the arch and the fence, and it grows well in the moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Scented, vigorous and evening-sweet.
To grow the Common Jasmine from seed, soak the seeds in the tepid water overnight, then sow them into the moist, gritty mix of the warm pot, keep the pot in the warm, bright spot and water gently, and the seedlings thread up within a few weeks.
Keep the pot warm and steadily moist, and give the young vine a support to twine. The white stars come within the season or two. Set the young vines against the sunny wall, and the white stars will twinkle over the warm evenings.
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Jasmine cutting Common jasmine (Jasminum officinale) for rooting and propagation.
\n\n\n\nIf you want to grow your own Jasmine plant or you want to decorate your gazebo, arch, bonsai or fence, you can do it by planting a cutting.
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