When Does Orange Jessamine Bloom? Which Months Are Its Blooming Season

When it comes to orange jessamine, everyone thinks of that Jay Chou song, and rightly so - the subject of the lyrics is orange jessamine. It is famous for its fragrance: you smell it before you see the flowers. It has not only an alluring scent but also beautiful blooms, which makes many people love it very much. So when exactly does it bloom, and how long is its blooming season?

When Does Orange Jessamine Bloom

The flowers of orange jessamine are mainly terminal or axillary, usually bearing fewer than 10 flowers, and sometimes more than 50. It generally blooms between April and September each year, and sometimes it also blooms in autumn and winter.

Which Months Are the Blooming Season of Orange Jessamine

The blooming season of orange jessamine is relatively long. Its blooming season is in summer and autumn, and its fruiting season runs from winter solstice to early spring, roughly March to May or September to November.

How to Grow Orange Jessamine

1. Sprouting

Soak the seeds in warm hot water (at a temperature similar to face-washing water) for 12-24 hours, until the seeds absorb water and swell.

2. Sowing

For tiny seeds that are hard to pick up with your hands or other tools, you can moisten one end of a toothpick with water and stick the seeds one by one onto the surface of the growing medium, then cover them with 1 cm of medium.

Then place the sowing pot into water, with the water depth at 1/2 to 2/3 of the pot's height, and let the water slowly soak upward (this method is called the "pot immersion method"). For larger seeds, place the seeds directly into the medium and sow them in spots at a spacing of 3 × 5 cm.

After sowing, cover with medium to a depth 2-3 times that of the seeds. After sowing, you can use a sprayer or a fine-holed watering can to wet the sowing medium. Later, when the potting soil is slightly dry, water again, but still be careful not to water too forcefully, so as not to wash the seeds out.

3. Post-Sowing Management

After sowing in late autumn, early spring or winter, when a cold wave and low temperatures occur, you can wrap the orange jessamine pot with plastic film to help keep it warm and moist.

After the seedlings emerge, uncover the film promptly, and let the seedlings receive sunlight before 9:30 every morning or after 3:30 in the afternoon, otherwise the seedlings will grow very weak and spindly.

After most of the seeds have sprouted, appropriate thinning is needed: pull out the diseased and unhealthy seedlings so that the remaining seedlings have some space between them. When most of the seedlings have grown 3 or more leaves, they can be transplanted.

Differences Between Orange Jessamine and Murraya Paniculata

1. Distinguishing by Appearance

Although the two look very similar, there are still some subtle differences. For example, the widest part of the orange jessamine leaf is usually below the middle, near the petiole, and the higher up you go, the more pointed the leaf becomes. In Murraya paniculata, the widest part of the leaf is near the leaf tip, and the shape at the leaf tip is sometimes nearly round and sometimes pointed.

In addition, a closer look at the fruits of the two plants can also reveal a hint of the difference. The fruit of Murraya paniculata is roughly round, while the fruit of orange jessamine, after careful identification, is roughly oval. The hedges or bonsai we commonly see are mostly made from Murraya paniculata. In addition, the flowers of orange jessamine may be somewhat larger.

2. Distinguishing by Distribution Region

Murraya paniculata is mostly distributed in coastal sandy soil, likes sunlight, and can tolerate dry heat and high temperatures. Orange jessamine, on the other hand, grows in inland mountain forests, and its habits differ somewhat from those of Murraya paniculata: orange jessamine prefers moist places and is relatively shade-tolerant.

As described above, the differences between orange jessamine and Murraya paniculata can only be found with very careful observation. Although they look similar, if you observe carefully you will find that their leaves are still different, and their places of origin are also different. Knowing these things, I believe everyone will be able to tell them apart well when they see them in the future.