Re: Re: jasmine

Ah, pikake! The blossoms are picked before opening to form a dense, fragrant lei. The most common lei flower is the plumeria, though the Hawaiians originally would not use them because the trees were commonly planted in graveyards.
Cathy
On Sunday, February 9, 2003, at 05:37 PM, Kitty Morrissy wrote:

Cere,
Your jasmine is pictured on p 46 of the Jan American Gardener. Pretty. The
article says it is also the one used in Hawaiin leis and they call it
Arabian Jasmine. It is native to India, Burma, Sri Lanka.
Kitty


[Original Message]
From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Date: 2/9/2003 5:24:07 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: jasmine

hi, ceres,

the sambac is a great--if somewhat unruly--plant. that's the jasmine of
jasmine tea and jasmine rice. most in the trade are double [diploid?] or
triple [triploid/] flowers, which give up fragrance and essential oils
for

petal form. tis a pity. the original is wonderful.



At 05:04 PM 2/9/03 -0500, you wrote:

Jim, I have one that is labeled as follows:
    Jasminum Sambac 'Maid of Orleans'
and on the back side of the label it says
     Star of India
        Ceres
Listed as a zone 10 plant.
    Ceres

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