Crepe Jasmine
Tabernaemontana divaricata
(tab-er-nay-MON-tah-nuh) (dy-vair-ih-KAY-tuh)
Synonym: Tabernaemontana
coronaria, Crape Jasmine
This was the last plant I saw
at the Botanical Gardens in Orlando. I had no idea it was a Jasmine. Now I am
wishing I had smelled the flowers but there was no detectable odor from them.
After a long walk through the big Camellia collection the Pinwheel flower as at
the end. It grows more as a shrub than most Jasmines and had a neat rounded
appearance. It is considered a nocturnal bloomer so maybe that is when the
fragrance really comes out.
In Zone 10 it can bloom year
round and actually grow into a little tree. The plants do have the ability to
bounce back after bouts with freezing temperatures.
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