Jasminum officinale Seeds | Common Jasmine
LATIN NAME: Jasminum officinale
COMMON NAME: Common Jasmine
Plant Profile
Common Jasmine (Jasminum officinale) is an evergreen climber in the olive family. Flowers cover plant in repeated flushes, and vine scrambles over wall, arch and the fence. It likes sun or part shade, and moist, well-drained soil. Plants that offer this much while asking this little are rare enough to treasure.
Science & Biotechnology
Botanists studying the olive family regularly include Jasminum officinale in comparative work, and the species also appears in horticultural trials aimed at gardeners and growers. Intensely fragrant flowers of common jasmine hold a long place in research on scent chemistry of olive family, and species appears in studies of perfumery oils and flush-flowering climbers. In the laboratory and trial ground alike, it serves as workable material for propagation research and line selection.
Uses & Benefits
Common Jasmine brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. In warm garden, common jasmine twinkles white stars through summer evenings. Heavy, sweet scent carries on dusk air, flowers have scented teas, oils and perfumes for generations, and they draw moths and the bees. Vine clothes wall, arch and fence, and it grows well in moist, well-drained, sunny or lightly shaded ground. Once it has its roots down, it more or less looks after itself.
Jasmine flowers scent the world’s finest green teas and yield one of perfumery’s essential absolutes; the aroma itself is studied for calming, mood-lifting effects.
Growing from Seed
Seed is the natural starting point for Common Jasmine, and the process is uncomplicated. Sow evenly over the surface and cover lightly into a loose, well-drained seed compost, water in gently, and keep the sowing in partial shade with steady moisture. Transplant the sturdiest seedlings to their permanent spots and let them develop without disturbance.
Our Take
Once established, Common Jasmine largely looks after itself. Fresh seed sown into evenly moist compost is most of the battle won.
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