Stephanotis floribunda
Madagascar jasmine
Stephanotis is a climbing plant with thick dark green shiny leaves, and very fragrant white waxy-looking tubular flowers.
Contributed by @Francien
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Madagascar jasmine
Latin name
Stephanotis floribunda
type
Flowering climber
family
Apocynaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
Stephanotis floribunda
Stephanotis is a climbing plant with thick dark green shiny leaves, and very fragrant white waxy-looking tubular flowers.
Flowering Season
From Mid Spring TO Mid Autumn
Stephanotis floribunda is a long flowering plant with strongly scented lovely pure white tubular like waxy flowers.
Planting out
From Early Spring TO Late Winter
Put container grown plants into a place that is in full light but affording some shade through the summer. They need humidity, place the pot in a tray with gravel in a fill with water, keep topping it up as necessary, it will benefit with from spraying when it is hot but take care not to do it with the sun directly on it or it will burn.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Cuttings can be taken throughout the year but will do better from mid spring to early summer. Take the 4/6 inch cuttings from last years growth that has no flower buds on and put into pots with a suitable compost, keep moist.