I’m especially fond of fragrant flowers. And they’re a real treat when they bloom indoors. So when the catalog said, “Jasmine, sambac. Glossy green leaves. Very double white flowers. Fragrant. Used for lei in Hawaii.” I was completely sold. I sent the order in early fall. We were leaving for our vacation in mid-November. But … Read more
Many a gardener is confused by the variety, often of dissimilar plants, that are called jasmine or jessamine, in its more poetic form. But there’s one thing they all have in common: a permeating sweet perfume. Some of them, with common names like Madagascar jasmine or Chilean jasmine, a hint of far-off, exotic lands; many … Read more
Jasmines have much in common with their sturdy and robust relatives, the forsythias, and it is a loss for northern gardens that most of them are not reliably hardy. Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) survives below zero temperatures and proves a gratifying subject but is scarcely in the artistic class of some more spectacular species. Primrose … Read more
Jasminum grandiflorum is a deciduous shrub and a species of jasmine belonging to the genus Jasminum and Oleaceae or the olive family. It’s closely related to other cultivated genera under the family Oleaceae, including Abeliophyllum, Forsythia, Nyctanthes, Osmarea, Parasyringa, and Privet, among others. The genus’ Jasminum’ derives from the Latinized form of the Persian word … Read more