Overview
Introduce an enchanting aroma to your garden with our night blooming jasmine live plant set. This collection includes three vibrant, 4-6 inch tall plants of Cestrum nocturnum, commonly known as Night Blooming Jasmine. Renowned for its intensely fragrant white flowers that unfurl at dusk, this plant transforms any evening into a sensory delight. While not a true jasmine, its common name accurately describes its captivating scent. These fast-growing shrubs are perfect for creating a fragrant hedge, adding a touch of elegance to your patio, or as a striking container specimen. Experience the magic as its delicate blooms release their powerful perfume, drawing in pollinators and creating a serene, aromatic ambiance in your outdoor living space.
Each night blooming jasmine live plant is carefully cultivated to ensure a healthy start in your garden. They arrive ready for planting, offering an immediate opportunity to establish a beautiful and aromatic feature. This set provides excellent value, allowing you to create a more impactful display or spread these delightful plants across different areas of your landscape. With proper care, these plants will thrive, providing years of fragrant enjoyment and becoming a cherished part of your garden’s evening charm.
Key Benefits
Discover the numerous advantages of incorporating the night blooming jasmine live plant into your landscape:
- Intense Evening Fragrance: The primary allure of this plant is its incredibly strong, sweet fragrance that is released primarily at night. It’s perfect for planting near windows, patios, or outdoor seating areas to enjoy its intoxicating aroma during evening hours. This unique feature makes it a standout among flowering shrubs.
- Extended Bloom Time: Enjoy a prolonged display of delicate white flowers from late spring through fall, especially in warmer climates. This extended blooming period ensures a continuous source of beauty and fragrance for many months, making it a highly rewarding plant for any gardener.
- Versatile Growth Habit: The night blooming jasmine live plant can be grown as a large shrub, trained as a vine, or maintained as a container plant. This adaptability allows it to fit into various garden designs and spaces, from formal borders to casual cottage gardens.
- Attracts Pollinators: While its fragrance is for us, its flowers help attract nocturnal pollinators like moths, contributing to the biodiversity and health of your garden ecosystem. It adds a dynamic element to your garden’s wildlife.
- Easy to Care For: This plant is surprisingly low-maintenance once established, thriving with moderate watering and full to partial sun exposure. Its robust nature makes it an excellent choice for both experienced and novice gardeners looking for a beautiful and easy-to-grow fragrant jasmine plant.
- Rapid Growth: Experience quick establishment and growth, allowing you to enjoy the mature size and full fragrance of your plant sooner. This rapid development means less waiting and more enjoyment of your beautiful, aromatic garden.
- Container Friendly: For those in colder climates or with limited garden space, this plant adapts well to container growing, allowing you to bring its delightful scent indoors during winter months or move it as needed.
Plant Care & Growing Tips
Caring for your night blooming jasmine live plant is straightforward, ensuring a bountiful display of fragrant blooms. These plants thrive in a location that receives full sun to partial shade. Aim for at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal flowering, though they can tolerate some afternoon shade in hotter climates. Ensure good air circulation around the plant to prevent fungal issues. When considering where to plant, remember its mature size; it can grow quite large, so give it ample space or plan for regular pruning.
The fragrant jasmine plant prefers well-draining soil. A rich, loamy soil amended with organic matter is ideal. Avoid heavy clay soils that retain too much moisture, as this can lead to root rot. Once established, it requires moderate watering. Water deeply when the top inch or two of soil feels dry to the touch, especially during dry spells and its blooming period. Reduce watering in cooler months. For fertilization, a balanced slow-release fertilizer applied in spring and mid-summer will support vigorous growth and flowering. Prune after the main flowering flush to maintain shape, control size, and encourage bushier growth. This plant is hardy in USDA Zones 9-11, meaning it can withstand mild winters. In colder zones, consider growing it in a container and bringing it indoors during winter to protect it from frost, ensuring its survival as an outdoor flowering shrub.
Watch out for common pests like aphids and whiteflies, which can be managed with insecticidal soap or neem oil. Ensure adequate spacing to prevent powdery mildew. Consistent care, including proper watering and light, will help your Cestrum nocturnum flourish, providing continuous beauty and fragrance throughout the growing season.
Size & Details
This offering includes a set of three night blooming jasmine live plant specimens, each measuring approximately 4-6 inches in height upon arrival. These young plants are well-rooted and ready to be transplanted into your garden or larger containers. The Night Blooming Jasmine is known for its relatively fast growth rate, typically reaching a mature height of 8-12 feet tall and a spread of 6-10 feet wide, depending on growing conditions, climate, and pruning practices. It forms a dense, multi-stemmed shrub with glossy green leaves, providing a lush backdrop for its abundant white blooms.
When you receive your plants, they will be carefully packaged to ensure their health during transit. They are shipped as live plants, sometimes with minimal soil to reduce shipping weight, but always with healthy root systems. Expect the first fragrant blooms to appear within the first year or two after planting, with more prolific flowering as the plant matures. This plant is a long-lived perennial, promising many seasons of enjoyment as a robust outdoor flowering shrub.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: How big does this plant get? A: The night blooming jasmine live plant can typically grow to a mature height of 8-12 feet tall and spread 6-10 feet wide, depending on growing conditions and whether it is pruned to maintain a smaller size.
- Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: This is primarily an outdoor flowering shrub. It thrives outdoors in USDA Hardiness Zones 9-11. In colder zones, it can be grown in containers and brought indoors during winter to protect it from frost.
- Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: The Night Blooming Jasmine prefers full sun to partial shade, ideally receiving at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight per day to encourage abundant flowering.
- Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the night blooming jasmine care requirements are relatively easy. Once established, it is quite low-maintenance, requiring moderate watering and occasional fertilization and pruning.
- Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your plants will arrive as healthy, 4-6 inch tall live specimens, carefully packaged to ensure their vitality during transit. They will have developed root systems ready for planting.
- Q: How long until it blooms? A: You can typically expect your fragrant jasmine plant to begin producing its first blooms within the first year or two after planting, with flowering becoming more prolific as the plant matures.
- Q: When is the best time to plant? A: The best time to plant Night Blooming Jasmine is in spring or early summer, after the last threat of frost has passed, allowing the plant ample time to establish before cooler weather.
- Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: This plant is hardy in USDA Zones 9-11. If you are in a colder zone, you will need to protect it from frost, either by bringing it indoors or providing significant winter protection.
- Q: What type of soil does it prefer? A: It thrives in well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter. Avoid overly wet or heavy clay soils.
- Q: Is Night Blooming Jasmine a true jasmine? A: No, despite its common name, Cestrum nocturnum is not a true jasmine (genus Jasminum). It belongs to the Solanaceae family, which also includes tomatoes and potatoes.
















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