Re: Jasmines
Jan Smithen wrote:
>
> I'm preparing a lesson on jasmines for my Fanatic Gardeners at the LA
> County Arboretum. And, although I've grown a couple of them, I find my
> "hands-on" experience is very limited. So I turn to all of you. What
> have you grown within the genus Jasminum? How did it perform for you?
> Did you have to do a lot of pruning to keep it within bounds? Did it
> always need regular watering, or did you find, as I did with Jasminum
> polyanthum, that it became fairly drought tolerant after a few years?
>
> I'm particularly interested in any comments about Angel Wing jasmine,
> Jasminum laurifolium (old nitidum or magnificum).
> J. leratii
> J. angulare, which is supposed to be from So. Africa
Jan
Sorry I got confused and addressed a reply to Barry Garcia before I
found your original enquiry.
Just a few extra points.
I have never grown nitidum, but my local version of Botanica says it is
frost-tender and a strong-growing climber for subtropical climates,
reaching a height of 10-20 feet.
>From the pic. the star-shaped white flowers look very showy. Yhey are
described as scented and produced in small sprays through spring and
summer.
The other two species are not mentioned in any of my books.
> --
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
