Re: Jasmines - further compilation

>A jasmine quite popular here and less rampant than this is J. azoricum.
This has large pure white  sweetly-scented flowers in spring and summer. it
will climb if supported by netting or grow up into a tree. Light pruning
and shaping can be done in autumn, but is best left till after frost in
colder places. It will grow in sun or part-shade.
>
>J officinale, is similar to polyanthum in foliage but a bit hardier and
>much less rampant. The flowers are usually pure white, though there is
>said to be a pink flowered form ("Affine"). I haven't had anything to do
>with the plain sort, but there is a very pretty variegated variety
>"Aureovariegatum" It apparently burns in sun, but my daughter-in-law who
>had it from me as a present, is having success growing it up a tree in
>light shade. I believe there is also one with silver variegations.
>
>The only other Jasminum I know is one of the yellow-flowered group, J
>mesnyi (primulinum) This is again more of a scrambler and forms a mass
>of stems very good for covering old stumps, but it can be used on a
>screen with supporting wires. I has typical divided jasmine foliage and
>large (nearly 2") bright yellow flowers in spring. It seems bone hardy
>and can even be made into a hedge, but alas, it hasn't an atom of scent.
>
>> >Oh, and do you pronounce it  Jas- meen- um, or  Jas- men- um,  and where
does the accent go, first of second syllable?  TIA ;-)  I pronounce it
jas-meen-um, with the accent on the middle syllable.

> Well, I pronounce it jas-men-um with accent on the first syllable
>I guess the jury is still out!!
>

from an addition post :
>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
(in New Zealand)

Thanks for the additional data - and the research you did - for me, in
particular.  When it's time to dig out another non-producer, I'll know which
*fragrant*  jasmine will be on my  "to buy"  list.  (My city lot is too
small for my grandiose gardener's notions - and I've been losing the
non-producers gradually - anybody new coming in must have some
flower/fragrance/fruit/culinary/medical/craft application, and if it has
multiple uses then one less  "qualified"   *goes*.  I've learned a lot since
I've been too old to get hired permanently but not too old for my skills to
be hired on a temporary basis ..... <G>)

Hi, Moira !

Toni
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