Northeast Gardening: Indoor Blooms & things that get you through the winter., 1 by Meredith79

Meredith79 wrote:
Robindog, I bought a Jasmine in Feb and it looked like it tried to put a couple flowers out in spring and actually again earlier in fall. But the buds turned yellow and died before blooming both times. I saw some where that it can be caused by chilly temps. Mine was outside with fluctuating night temps so I think that could have been why. So I am going to take your word that they 'are' hard to get to bloom. My plant has grown a real lot, I have it trained on some copper tubing I shaped into a hoop to try and duplicate a plant I saw at the nursery for which was in bloom but they wanted $55 for. I got my plant there for 3.95, but it was just a start, I just didn't want to findout $55 dollars later that it was a plant I would kill. I haven't killed it at least. lol I'll post a pic of it.

Hi Toofew good to see you and yes I have to agree you are a north easterner! : ) Are paperwhites not pleasant smelling? I always wonder with Narcissus. I don't think I've ever smelled one that made me say Ahhh. I did add a bunch of outdoor types this fall that claimed to be pleasantly fragrant but I think that depends on the nose smelling them. That's why I had to try them so I could figure out if I have a nose that likes them or not. lol

Pixie that is a beautiful picture of Clivia - it looks a lot like the picture of one I was thinking of ordering from Logees.

Here's my baby Jasmine when I first bought it.