Grow this flower at home, its fragrance carries ten li and beats osmanthus, and it also repels mosquitoes

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If you want to beautify your home environment by growing some plants and flowers at home, then orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata) is definitely the ideal choice. It stays green all year round, and when it blooms, the flowers are strongly and long-lastingly fragrant. Its flowering period is from June to November, lasting a full half year. It is widely used for vertical greening on flower stands, trellises, hedges and cliffs, and its roots can be used as medicine. Touch its leaves and you will feel a rich sweet fragrance, with a very good mosquito-repelling effect.

Growing a pot of orange jessamine at home makes you feel as if you are standing in a sea of flowers. Its natural, fresh scent fills the whole home environment with nature, warmth and vitality. It is not demanding about soil and can tolerate mild salinity and alkalinity. For potting, it needs humus-rich, loose and fertile sandy loam. When potting, place an appropriate amount of slow-release fertilizer at the bottom, and apply compound fertilizer as needed during the growing period.

The orange jessamine plant is richly green, making it a very good greenery plant in seasons when it is not flowering. When tired from work or study, stroking the lush, dripping-green orange jessamine can relax people's tense mood; green is also good for the eyes and can give your tired eyes a good rest.

Orange jessamine fears wetness, so when watering an orange jessamine bonsai you must control the amount and water it moderately. Before bud formation you should restrict water to promote flower bud differentiation. After bud formation and during the flowering and fruiting period, the pot soil is best kept slightly moist without becoming waterlogged.

Because of its rich floral fragrance, carried seven li, ten li or even a thousand li, orange jessamine is loved by gardening enthusiasts. The above are the key care points for an orange jessamine bonsai!! If you want the orange jessamine you grow yourself to fill the whole yard with fragrance, keep these care points in mind.

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