Why doesn't my night blooming jasmine fill the air with scent?
sunrisegirl
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Night blooming Jasmine doesn't like sun
Comments (24)Night blooming jasmine loves the sun. If you bought the plant from a store that kept it indoors, that means after a certain time the plant grew soft leaves according to the indoor climate. Now that you have it and you want to have in your garden, just put it there. It's going to loose all those soft leaves and grow new ones according to outdoor climate. Don't be scared, all the leaves are going to dry up and die, but it's going to grow new ones according to the "too much sun, wind, rain", stronger and shorter in size. The only thing that the night blooming jasmine doesn't take is too much cold or snow. Eventually it's going to die. If you live somewhere where it never snows or if the temperature never goes bellow 40 degrees F, you're OK. Otherwise you have to take it indoors winter time. Good luck...See Morenight blooming jasmine
Comments (37)randyland: prune close to a joint where the leaves attach. Prune to your own taste to create a plant that is attractive to you. Each cut will produce two branches where there was one, so pruning will "thicken" the plant. Just don't cut far back into the old (hard, light brown, thick) wood. Cestrum blooms on new growth, so your pruning will create new flowers eventually. A good rule of thumb is to cut no more than 1/3 at one time. woodcrafters: cestrum blooms on new wood, so the "growing" will get you some flowers in short order. cestrum need the hot summers and especially hot summer nights to bloom, and a young plant takes a little time to get its feet established. Since you've had a few flowers, I'd say you can expect more any day. They love water and fertilizer. You could try some "bloom booster"-- a fertilizer formulation with a high middle number, eg 10-30-10....See MoreNight blooming Jasmine
Comments (23)Hi Bindu I had the same problem as you with our night blooming jasmin or lady of the night as it is sometimes called. We have many of them that flowered the first year we bought them but then nothing for a few years. :( We carefully watered them and took care of them fertilised them etc.. Lovely healthy strong plants that get bigger and bigger, but no flowers???? So I really feel for you. what a disappointment, having such a wonderful plant and not enjoying the smell of its lovely flowers. We asked the flower shops etc no luck. No-one anywhere seemed to know Then... a miracle... by chance, I met a tree doctor phd and so on. I now understand the priciples and would like to share them with you. Appart from other things your plants need, there are 3 basic foods for you to fertilise them with. If you have been using manure, you will get lots of green growth but no so many flowers. Here's why. Nitrogen promotes green growth. manure is high in this and lower in the others. I tried horse, sheep, chicken, cow you name it...Wrong:: Phosphoros promotes flower growth Potasium helps them to stay healthy and strong. So, when you want the plant to grow bigger. Feed it nitrogen./ manure. When you want it to flower, feed it phosphoros. thats the secret for making plants flower. You can buy these things ready made in a few ways. Liquid form. Put it in the water when you water them. It is absorbed most quickly this way. Fertiliser. looks like soil. The pack will give you 3 number. i.e. 5-20-5. this would be the sort of ratio you need to make it flower. The numbers mean first number 5= 5% nitorgen second number 20=20% phosphoros third number 5 =5% potasium. it might be 10 40 10 etc its the ratios you must look for and its not an exact science. You can also find slow release phosphoros pelets to put in or in the soil. Remember to read the packet and be patient. do not over do it or put extra or more often than reccomended as it can kill the plant. Remember, its not the poison that kills you, its the dosage..Better to little than too much. (Remeber that rule) You can apply this principle to all your plants. Phosphoros also applies for fruit of course. Watering them is also important. they like soil that drains well and if its too wet they die. water once a week in winter and every 2or 3 days in summer or a little bit but often. I hope this help you and you have lovely flowers on it next season:) Best of luck David...See Morelooking for potted 'Night Blooming Jasmine'
Comments (18)Cestrum ID's can be quite confusing at times. Night blooming jasmine (C nocturnum) has white flowers; day blooming jasmine (C. diurnum) also has white flowers (with daytime scent). There IS a hybrid between the two (C. nocturnum X diurnum) that consists of several cultivars ('orange peel', 'lemon peel', etc.), whose colors range from white to orange. Nearly all of these have NO scent. Cestrum 'orange peel' has nearly identical flowers to C. aurantiacum, except that C. aurantiacum does have a citrus scent in the evening (not so strong). Also, C. nocturnum X diurnum cultivars all have dark purple/black berries, while C. aurantiacum has white berries. To add to the confusion, there are also other rare hybrids out there, such as C. aurantiacum X nocturnum, which has yellow flowers AND evening scent. I haven't seen much C. nocturnum for sale in Austin this year, but mine from last year came back well and will bloom soon. I also have a few seeds from last year that I'll be sprouting soon......See Moreourhighlandhome
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