Ixora Odorata
White Fragrant Ixora
Ixora is a dense, evergreen shrub, growing to 2m in height. It has a spread that can exceed 2m. It sports glossy, leathery, oblong leaves and small tubular flowers in dense rounded clusters, 6cm across and it blooms most of the year. Ixora odorata produces huge 10-inch blooms which are highly fragrant. Excellent for shaded spots as this one prefers filtered light.
Contributed by @drumadixit
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
White Fragrant Ixora
Latin name
Ixora Odorata
type
Shrub
family
Rubiaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.20 M
1.60 M
Ixora Odorata
Ixora is a dense, evergreen shrub, growing to 2m in height. It has a spread that can exceed 2m. It sports glossy, leathery, oblong leaves and small tubular flowers in dense rounded clusters, 6cm across and it blooms most of the year. Ixora odorata produces huge 10-inch blooms which are highly fragrant. Excellent for shaded spots as this one prefers filtered light.
Planting as a pot plant
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Use an equal-parts potting mixture of peat moss, leaf mould and coarse sand or perlite. Move the plants into pots one size larger each spring until maximum convenient pot size (probably 15-20cm (6-8 inch)) has been reached. Thereafter, top-dress Ixora coccinea each spring with fresh potting mixture.
Propagate by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Propagate Ixora coccinea from stem cuttings 5-8cm (2-3 inch) long taken in spring. Trim each cutting immediately below a leaf, remove that leaf and dip the cut end in hormone rooting powder. Plant the cutting in a 5-8cm (2-3 inch) pot containing a moistened equal-parts mixture of peat moss and coarse sand or perlite. Enclose the whole in a plastic bag or propagating case and stand it in bright filtered light at a temperature of 21-27°C (70-81°F). When the cutting has rooted – probably in four to six weeks – uncover it gradually over a two or three weeks period in order to acclimatise the new plant to the less humid atmosphere of the room.
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