Night Jessamine or Night Jasmine
Cestrum nocturnum (SOLANACEAE)
Planting and Growing Night Jessamine
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow night jessamine or night jasmine in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and berries of night jessamine or night jasmine
- Growing conditions for night jessamine or night jasmine
- When and where to plant night jessamine or night jasmine
- How to plant night jessamine or night jasmine
- How to shape, prune and control growth of night jessamine or night jasmine
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of night jessamine or night jasmine
- Landscape uses of night jessamine or night jasmine
- Pest and disease control for night jessamine or night jasmine
Growing Night Jessamine
Several cultivars of bushy, climbing, or spreading, semi-evergreen tropical shrubs, to 12 ft. (3.7 m) tall, with shiny, deep green, oval, narrow leaves, 4–7 in. (10–18 cm) long.
Orange Jessamine, Cestrum aurantiacum; pink cestrum, Cestrum elegans; and early Jessamine, Cestrum fasciculatum, are closely related species with similar care needs.
Night Jessamine Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Fruit
Many very-fragrant, cream, white, green-tinged, flute-shaped flowers, to 1 in. (25 mm) long, in summer, opening in evening, form white berries in autumn.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 8–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich. 6.0–7.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun. Space 8–10 ft. (2.4–3 m) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep moist; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize monthly during active growth. Prune after bloom in late summer. Protect from frost, zones 8–9. Propagate by cuttings, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, arbors, backgrounds, containers, fencelines, trellises in cottage, formal, fragrance gardens. Good for cutting, drying. Attracts birds, hummingbirds. Pest and disease resistant.