Cestrum

Jessamine, Solanaceae. Tropical America. 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.



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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.

	Cestrum Collection Code: CST3 Price: $17.50 Quantity in Basket: none
3 different, our choice. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum aurantiacum Code: 50781 Price: $7.50 Sold Out Quantity in Basket: none
"Golden Cestrum". Brilliant showy clusters of golden yellow flowers with delightful evening citrus fragrance. Attractive white berries. Upright growth, bright green 4" oval leaves. Guatemala. Solanaceae
	Cestrum elegans Code: 50785 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(C. purpureum), "Red Cestrum". Lovely rosy-red flowers in clusters on arching branches, deep green 4" 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 'Newelii' Code: 50787 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
(C. '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. 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 C. aurantiacum with the wonderful fragrance of C. nocturnum. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum 'Moon Glow' Code: 50783 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
Hybrid between C. parqui and C. 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 ft from the plant, and is strongest on a warm night. Bright green leaves 6" 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". NEW! 2008 - 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 parqui Code: 50795 Price: $7.50 Quantity in Basket: none
"Willow Leaved Jessamine". Although just as fragrant, this species is quite distinct from C. nocturnum. Smaller, narrower leaves, greenish white flowers and violet-brown berries are distinctive, and the nighttime scent is somewhat more aromatic and less sweet, depending on the temperature. Southern So. America. Solanaceae
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	Cestrum species '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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