What are the characteristics of night-blooming jasmine? A full guide in one article

Growing habits of night-blooming jasmine:

Night-blooming jasmine mostly grows in woodland or thickets. It prefers 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 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 continually produces lateral branches and puts out inflorescences. It generally blooms successively from May to October, and the flowers are fragrant when they open, becoming even more intensely 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. The 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 apex, a deeply cordate base, and entire margins, with 7-9 palmate veins arising from the base, and hairs on the margins and veins. The umbel-like cymes are axillary and may bear up to 30 flowers; the corolla has 5 lobes, oblong, yellow-green, with a fresh fragrance that is even 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, erect. The follicles are lanceolate, 7.5 cm long, with a thick exocarp and no hairs. The seeds are broadly ovate, about 8 mm long, with white silky hairs at the apex.

The flower language of night-blooming jasmine:

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

Flower fortune-telling: You radiate the spirit of the times, like adventurous and exciting things, and enjoy being in the spotlight, hoping to become the focus of others' attention. You are good at showing your best side, and you also actively cover up your shortcomings; in love you act on momentary impulse, and afterward forget all about it.

Variety classification of night-blooming jasmine:

The genus to which tuberose belongs has 12 species, but only tuberose is cultivated and used, and its varieties are few, mainly the following:

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

(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 abundantly in autumn;

(5) Pearl: a double-flowered variety, with stems 75 cm-80 cm tall, short inflorescences, many densely packed flowers, and a short corolla tube;

(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 ornamental purposes. Its branches are slender; it blooms in summer and autumn, with yellow-green flowers opening in the evening and giving off bursts of strong, sweet fragrance. In the south it is often used to decorate courtyards, windowsides, pond edges and pavilions. It is also a semi-wild vegetable whose fresh flowers and flower buds are eaten. It has the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and can treat red, swollen and painful eyes, measles affecting the eyes, corneal opacities, and so on.