Cestrum

Popular and colorful shrubby plants with tropical looking foliage and showy clusters of tubular flowers and berries in cycles throughout the year. Some varieties are grown especially for their intense night-time fragrance. All are excellent and fast growing garden plants in mild climates, or in containers. Listed below are selections with white, yellow, pink, purple or red flowers. Hardy to 25 F. Native to Tropical America.



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Unless noted otherwise, there is a maximum limit of 3 for each kind of plant, but order as many different varieties as you wish. We grow many different plants, but we don't grow a lot of any one kind. However, if you need more than 3 of a certain variety, please send us an email. We might be able to accommodate your request.

	Cestrum Collection Code: CST3 Price: $17.50 Quantity in Basket: none
3 different, our choice. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum elegans Code: 50785 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Cestrum purpureum), Red Cestrum. Lovely rosy red flowers in clusters on arching branches, deep green 4 inch narrow leaves. Satiny red berries. Mexico. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum elegans 'Smithii' Code: 50786 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Pink Cestrum. Similar to the species, but with beautiful rose-pink tubular flowers. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum fasciculatum 'Newellii' Code: 50787 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(Syn.: Cestrum 'African Dawn'). Very showy with larger deep crimson-red tubular flower clusters, red berries. Downy leaves are dark reddish green. Hummingbirds love it. Grows to 8 feet. USDA zones 8 - 11. Often spelled as Cestrum fasciculatum 'Newelii'. Possibly a hybrid of C. fasciculatum and C. elegans. A cultivar known as Cestrum 'Bacchus' looks to us as identical to 'Newellii'. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum 'Goldspire' Code: 50790 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
This beautiful summer flowering shrub combines the golden yellow flowers of Cestrum aurantiacum with the wonderful fragrance of Cestrum nocturnum. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum 'Moon Glow' Code: 50783 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Hybrid between Cestrum parqui and Cestrum aurantiacum, with clusters of lemon yellow flowers all year with a wonderful evening fragrance. Dark green foliage. Ornamental black berries. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum nocturnum Code: 50793 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Night Blooming Jessamine. One of the most famous, and perhaps the most fragrant plant in the world. Clusters of creamy white flowers with a nighttime fragrance that is powerfully sweet. Depending on the temperature, this fragrance can be apparent more than 50 feet from the plant, and is strongest on a warm night. Bright green leaves 6 inches long, white berries. West Indies. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum 'Orange Peel' Code: 80181 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Orange Peel Cestrum. Cross between Cestrum diurnum and Cestrum nocturnum. A free-flowering, easy growing shrub with orange flowers, almost identical in color to Cestrum aurantiacum. However, it is a larger, hardier fast growing plant. Does well in full sun. USDA zones 7 - 11. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum sp. Compact Purple Code: 50796 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Tubular purple colored flowers on this compact shrub. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum x cultum 'Cretan Purple' Code: 80077 Price: $8.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Cretan Purple Jessamine. Evergreen shrub with clusters of tubular, lilac-purple flowers, with narrow green leaves. Reportedly fragrant at night, although we can't confirm that as yet. Grows to 8 feet high and 6 feet wide. Plant in a well drained site with average watering. Best with morning sun. A nice plant with an arching form for the rear of a garden border or along a fence. Probably a hybrid of Cestrum parqui. USDA zones 9 - 11. Solanaceae
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