Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Pots/Garden (overwinter indoors)
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Cestrum nocturnum
Family: (Solanaceae)
(TP) 13′. Lady of the Night. Central America and West Indies. A night-blooming evergreen shrub with slender arching branches of glossy green, elliptic to oblong leaves. A steady show of one inch long, creamy white to pale green, five-petalled tubular flowers bloom in axillary or terminal panicles. The flowers open at night and perfume the air with an intoxicating jasmine-citrus aroma. The flowers are pollinated by moths and other night-flying insects resulting in ¼ inch long, ovoid to oblong, white berries. Lady of the Night is an incredibly useful plant for us – we grow several in clay pots. We also plant youngsters in the Flower Garden and the Order Beds for their summer display and amazing fragrance on our evening rambles. Sun. 3 & T3
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