Specialty Gardening: ??? Tabernaemontana holsterii ???, 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Hi Chantell, here's the direct link to the Tabernaemontana africa, apparently formerly holstii: http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=T... I heard that this one does have a very nice fragrance, but I don't have it due to the price of it and lack of room. I do have T. divericata Flore Pleno (double), and I can tell you that one is nearly scentless in my zone. Maybe I don't have the warm humid nights that it needs to emit its fragrance. I don't know. I do catch a nice carnation scent every now and then when the conditions are right. I put it in the ground the year before last, and we had record-breaking cold temps that following winter so it was damaged and has been coming back slowly since. I noticed recently that new shoots are coming up from the base in addition to the existing small tree so it will probably end up being a fairly large plant eventually. I think these trees can reach 10 feet or more.