Cultivation and conservation of African jasmine

African jasmine is easy to adapt to unfamiliar environment and can be planted in courtyards and balconies.

African jasmine branches as emerald, leaves shiny, flowers slightly fragrant, elegant flowers, each five-petal, umbrella-shaped, clustered at the top of the flower branch. The flowering period is very long, blooming in winter and summer, and blooming most brightly in spring and summer. Early in the morning or dusk, if there is no faint fragrance, refreshing.

African jasmine is an evergreen (climbing) shrub or small tree of Brucaceae originating in southern China and Southeast Asia. Formerly known as Huazuili Mu (see "Atlas of higher plants of China", "Yunnan Flora" and other books), alias Huilimu, Qinghuangguo and so on. It is similar to the jasmine of Melilidae only in that the leaves are opposite and the flowers are fragrant. Because the homonym of ash wood is similar to jasmine, and in order to make the name sound good, so the florist gave it a new name "African jasmine".

African jasmine is an evergreen shrub or small tree, which can grow to 5 to 12 m in gardens, often epiphytic; leaves opposite, grassy, oblong, elliptic to Obovate, 7 to 13 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, tip acuminate; dark green above, yellowish green on back. Inflorescences erect terminal, with 1 to 3 flowers, with very short total pedicels, Corolla white, funnel-shaped, fragrant, upper 5-lobed, the whole Corolla trumpet-shaped.

It likes warmth and good sunshine, but it is required to avoid the strong direct sunlight in summer; it likes the environment with high air humidity and good ventilation, and is not resistant to cold, dry freezing and sharp drop in temperature; it grows best on loose, fertile loam with good drainage; it has strong sprouting and tillering ability, especially resistant to repeated pruning. Flowering in May and fruiting from October to December.

Reproduction

1. Sow seeds

It is suitable to collect the ripe fruit from October to December, remove the seeds, sow them or row them on the loose and fertile sandy soil seedling bed, cover the soil with a thickness of 2 to 3 cm, and cover with straw or plastic film to keep warm against cold, or hide the seeds in the crack of the seeds to show white before sowing. The seeds sown in late autumn and early winter can not emerge until the next spring, remove the covered grass in time after emergence, strengthen the management of water and fertilizer, and set up a shed to cover the shade after summer, which is expected to cultivate tall plants with better stem shape.

2. Cutting

Cuttage can be carried out from the end of April to October, but it is best to be cut in the Meiyu period from June to July, and the rooting effect is ideal. Cut 1-2-year-old strong branches as cuttings, ear length 12-15 cm, with 2-3 half leaves, the lower incision is best located at 0.2-0.3 cm below the node, cut it in peat soil, sandy soil, vermiculite or yellow soil, but the rooting effect of peat soil is the best, mask plastic film moisturizing, pay attention to shed shade in sunny weather, it can take root after 1 to 2 months, and the survival rate can reach more than 80%.