Is night-blooming jasmine easy to grow? Understanding its growing difficulty in one article

Growth habits of night-blooming jasmine:

Night-blooming jasmine mostly grows in woodland or among shrubs. It likes a warm, humid, sunny, well-ventilated environment with loose, fertile soil. It is drought-tolerant and poor-soil-tolerant, but not waterlogging-tolerant or cold-tolerant, and it stops growing after leaf drop in winter; after spring warms up it sends out branches and leaves, with axillary buds or flower buds at each node, and as it grows it keeps producing side branches and putting out inflorescences. It generally blooms successively from May to October, and the flowers are fragrant when open, becoming even more strongly fragrant at night. It sets fruit in winter.

Morphological characteristics of night-blooming jasmine:

The branchlets of night-blooming jasmine are weak, hairy, and contain milky sap. Leaves are opposite; the blades are broadly ovate, cordate to oblong-ovate, 4-9.5 cm long and 3-8 cm wide, with a short acuminate tip and a deeply cordate base, entire margins, 7-9 palmate veins arising from the base, and hairs on the margins and veins. Umbelliform cymes are axillary, with as many as 30 flowers; the corolla has 5 lobes, oblong, yellow-green, with a fresh fragrance that is stronger at night, hence the names "night-blooming jasmine" and "night fragrant flower"; the corona has 5 lobes, fleshy, shorter than the anthers, borne on the gynostegium, with an acuminate apex; there is 1 pollinium per locule, elliptical, upright. The follicle is lanceolate, 7.5 cm long, with a thick exocarp and no hairs. Seeds are broadly ovate, about 8 mm long, with white silky hairs at the apex.

Flower language of night-blooming jasmine:

The flower language of night-blooming jasmine is a pure heart, happiness, beauty, independence, and rebellion.

Flower divination: You radiate a modern vibe, like adventurous and exciting things, and enjoy the spotlight, hoping to become the focus in others' eyes. You are good at showing your best side and also actively cover up your shortcomings. In love you act on momentary impulse and forget all about it afterwards.

Variety classification of night-blooming jasmine:

The genus Tuberose has 12 species, but only tuberose is cultivated and used, and there are not many varieties, mainly the following:

(1) Albino: a single-flowered variety formed by bud mutation, flowers pure white;

(2) Dwarf pearl: a dwarf variety;

(3) Var.flore-pleno Hort: a double-flowered variety;

(4) Mexican early bloomi: single-flowered, early-maturing variety, blooming year-round, most heavily in autumn;

(5) Pearl: a double-flowered variety, stem height 75 cm-80 cm, inflorescence short, flowers numerous and dense, corolla tube short;

(6) Tall double: a large-flowered double variety with long flower stems;

(7) Variegale: leaves long and curved, with golden-yellow stripes

Uses of night-blooming jasmine:

Night-blooming jasmine is mainly cultivated for ornament. Its branches are slender, and it blooms in summer and autumn; the yellow-green flowers open in the evening and give off waves of strong, penetrating fragrance. In the south it is mostly used to decorate courtyards, windowsides, pond edges and pavilion sides. It is also a semi-wild vegetable grown for its fresh flowers and flower buds. It has the effect of clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, and can treat red and swollen eyes, measles affecting the eyes, corneal opacities and so on.