French Jasmine

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Product description

Add refreshing greenery and a pleasant daytime fragrance to your garden with French Jasmine. Also known as Day-Blooming Jasmine, this upright evergreen shrub features glossy green leaves and clusters of small white flowers that release their fragrance during the day.

Well suited to warm climates, French Jasmine grows best in full sun to partial shade and fertile, well-drained soil. Its dense growth makes it an attractive choice for gardens, entrances, borders, privacy screens, and informal hedges.

Plant Details:

  • Common name: French Jasmine / Day-Blooming Jasmine
  • Arabic pronunciation: Yasmeen Al-Faransi
  • Scientific name: Cestrum diurnum
  • Family: Solanaceae
  • Plant type: Evergreen flowering shrub
  • Foliage: Glossy, elongated green leaves
  • Flower colour: White
  • Fragrance: Sweet and strongest during the day
  • Light: Full sun to partial shade
  • Watering: Moderate
  • Soil: Fertile, well-drained sandy or loamy soil
  • Climate: Warm, tropical, and subtropical
  • Growth rate: Fast
  • Suitable for: Gardens, entrances, borders, screens, hedges, patios, and large containers
  • Maintenance: Low to moderate

Care Tips:

  • Plant in full sun for denser growth and better flowering.
  • Provide partial afternoon shade in areas exposed to extreme summer heat.
  • Water regularly while the plant becomes established.
  • Allow the upper layer of soil to dry slightly between watering.
  • Avoid waterlogged soil.
  • Prune after flowering to maintain the desired height and encourage branching.
  • Apply a balanced fertilizer during the active growing season.
  • Monitor occasionally for common pests such as aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects.

Safety Note: French Jasmine is grown as an ornamental plant and should not be consumed. Keep its leaves, flowers, and berries away from children and pets.

Note: The supplied plant may vary slightly in height, shape, fullness, and flowering according to its age, season, and natural growth. It may not be flowering at the time of delivery. The pot shown is a nursery container and may differ from the delivered container.