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Most fragrant plants of my British garden: Cestrum parqui, the green Cestrum / Chilean night jasmine

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Cestrum parqui, commonly known as the Green Cestrum, is also called Chilean Night Jasmine, Green Night Jasmine, Willow-Leaved Jessamine, or Palqui. It is a great plant for the fragrant garden, with a very long lasting blooming season from June to September, producing hundreds of tubular flowers with a light scent during the day, vaguely similar to washed cut potatoes to my nose, which transforms in the evening and at night, in a very intense gorgeous fragrance, soapy with notes of citrus, like the most wonderfullly scented laundry detergent, definitely a great choice if you are looking for a plant able to fill with perfume your garden during summer evenings. The plant is deciduous or semi-evergreen, however in spring and summer develops a very lush foliage, intensely green, and it also looks great in tropical looking gardens, with the bonus of bringing its unique fragrance to this type of gardens. Cestrum parqui is reported to be hardy down to minus 5 degrees Celsius, but in my experience it is hardier than this, because in my garden it resisted one week at minus 8 degrees Celsius during the very cold spell known as "Beast from the East" in early March 2018, therefore I can definitely recommend this plant as winter hardy in most of the United Kingdom: in these very cold periods, the aerial parts of the plant will die down but it will sprouts in spring again from the underground. This is a plant that thrives in full sun or at least partial shade in well drained soil, growing up to 2.5 m tall and 1.5 m wide, very easy to grow. Considering its hardiness, ease of cultivation, long blooming season and gorgeous evening and night fragrance, this is in my opinion one of the absolute must have plants for a fragrant garden in the United Kingdom. I hope that you enjoyed the video, and if you liked it and you would like to support my RU-vid garden channel and have regular updates, it would be great if you would subscribe to my channel by clicking on the button "subscribe". Also, any comments, positive or negative, is very welcome as well as any of your enquiries, to which I will try to respond as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in my next video.

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@homershimshon4172 10 месяцев назад

Here in Sydney they are ubiquitous. They are very invasive and they grow everywhere in my garden.😫 To me, their flowers smell like cat urine. I prefer night blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum). The flowers smell sublime.

@plantreviewsuk1204 10 месяцев назад

Thanks very much for the comment; I tried several times to grow Cestrum nocturnum: unfortunately this plant does not tolerate the winter temperatures typical of USDA 8, and does not tolerate even indoor growing conditions in my house (I believe this plant evidently need absolutely full sun, as I have no problems in growing indoors plants with lower light requirements). So at the moment I gave up with Cestrum nocturnum. However, about the smell of Cestrum parqui, I can tell that the scent during the day is very different at night time, I don't find the daytime scent particularly attractive but also not particularly nauseating, quite neutral in my opinion and also very light, but at nighttime the scent is a lot more powerful and very nice. However, scent varies among different plants and also scent perception varies among different people, so about fragrance is pretty common to different opinions, even related to the same species.

@user-tt1ur5pn1c Месяц назад

Ottima anche x ornare gli spazi verdi delle attività stagionali estive . Se è vero che la sua fragranza è così forte …

@plantreviewsuk1204 Месяц назад

il profumo si sente soprattutto di sera, ma e' una pianta che puo' essere molto invasiva, quindi va posta molta attenzione a dove si pianta.

@potatot2174 3 года назад

fantastic review!

@plantreviewsuk1204 3 года назад

thanks very much, I am very pleased that you enjoyed the video

@putiwang7679 3 года назад

I have this, it grows vigorously. But some bugs like to eat its new leaves. I forgot to smell it at night...😊

@plantreviewsuk1204 3 года назад

in the evening and at night it smells wonderful :D ...try to put some repellant on the plant to keep to avoid the bugs eating the plant, however as you said, it is a very vigorous plant so I am sure it can tolerate a few parasites eating occasionally the leaves

@mohamedhafez5708 2 года назад

Hi Thanks for the review and the information nice plant I got 3 cestrum nocturnum but I would like to buy cestrum parqui I live in uk and I have been looking for it but I couldn't find anywhere where did you get yours from ? Thanks

@plantreviewsuk1204 2 года назад

hello, I got Cestrum parqui from Madrona Nursery in Kent, I bought it about 4 or 5 years ago, it has been growing outdoors without any problems. Cestrum nocturnum is known to be even more fragrant than Cestrum parqui, but please note that in my opinion Cestrum nocturnum is not winter hardy in the UK, are you growing it outdoors or indoors?

@mohamedhafez5708 2 года назад

@@plantreviewsuk1204 I am growing them in pots I put them outdoors in the summer and when it gets colder I bring them indoors or I put in my installed shed last year as a trail I planted one in the garden but I'm afraid 😨 it died 😒😔

@plantreviewsuk1204 2 года назад

@@mohamedhafez5708 yes I agree better to put Cestrum nocturnum indoor for the winter...please ensure it has a place with a lot of sunlight even in winter, as it is very important for the plant

@LostInThisGardenofLife 2 года назад

Ciao! …wow you have videos on all my plants! That’s so cool. I just picked one up today, now I just need to find a nice protected spot to plant it. I’m hoping the hummingbirds appreciate it. 🤣❤️

@plantreviewsuk1204 2 года назад

I am sure your hummingbirds will appreciate, and butterflies and moths as well. If you have the chance and live in a warm climate, I would also try Cestrum nocturnum, I read it has a gorgeous scent, but mine unfortunately is still small and didn't bloom yet

@deebee1326 2 года назад

Hi, I live in Australia, on the Gold Coast- sub tropical. I just bought this (centrum nocturnum) as an addition to the plants that bring beautiful fruit and honey eater birds into our garden, and I heard about the amazing fragrance. Then I was listening to an episode of our Australian radio program (also on podcast- very good!) And on it I heard about how poisonous it is, and I think invasive here, which is not written at all on the plant label when buying! So now I’m trying to decide, to keep or throw out! Haha that’s how I came across your video. Maybe I could grown in a large pot and see how it goes for now and put in a safe position?

@plantreviewsuk1204 2 года назад

Hello, I also know that the Night Jasmine, Cestrum nocturnum, can be very invasive, especially in subropical countries, and I definitely agree with your idea of keeping it in a pot in order to avoid it spreading around too much (be also careful of the berries, as they might fall on the ground or being eaten by birds, and then the seeds and young plants will spread around... I don't have this problem in the UK, actually I have the opposite, because Cestrum nocturnum is usually killed by British winters, and I believe the only Cestrum able to survive in the UK outdoors is the one featured in my video, the Chilean Night Jasmine aka Green Cestrum (Cestrum parqui).

@plantreviewsuk1204 2 года назад

If you live in the subtropical climate of the Gold Coast (lucky you!!!) and you like fragrant plants, I would probably go for Plumerias, Michelia champaca, Ylang Ylang and Gardenias, that are definitely not as invasive as Cestrums and have a gorgeous fragrance. Another option are several species of true Jasmines, I would recommend the Pink Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum), the Spanish Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) and the Sambac Jasmine (Jasminum sambac), but please bear in mind that also true jasmines can be a bit invasive; there are also Australian native Jasmines, I have Jasminum simplicifolium ssp. australiense but this one in my opinion is not as fragrant as the three species I recommended you. Citrus fruits also have incredibly scented flowers, they are from Mediterranean climates but possibly can adapt also to subtropical environments (I know they grow very well in Florida). However, please bear in mind that there are several fragrant plants native to Australia. I know that Boronia megastigma is one of the most fragrant, but maybe is not suited to your climate as it comes from the South-West of Western Australia. Probably a lot better would be the Australian Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum flavum), that is not a true Frangipani (it is actually a relative of Pittosporum) but is native to Queensland and New South Wales so I think would be great in your garden, if you have enough space for such a plant. I found this webpage about Australian native fragrant plants, maybe you would find it interesting www.gardeningwithangus.com.au/anguss-top-ten-australian-plants-for-perfume-and-scent/

@priyadarshanipatil208 Год назад

Hi I live in India and I want to buy this plant in India can I buy this plant?

@plantreviewsuk1204 Год назад

Unfortunately I don't sell Cestrum parqui and also I think that plants from UK to India would need a phytosanitary certificate, but possibly you can find sellers of this plants in India. Actually it is a very close relative of a tropical plant, Cestrum nocturnum, that I was told it smells even stronger at night, indeed is called night jasmine even if it is not a true jasmine. I think Cestrum nocturnum would be easier to find in India than Cestrum parqui

@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000 3 года назад

Is this growing outside in the UK? I have Cestrum nocturnum but mine is an indoor plant. Are they different species?

@plantreviewsuk1204 3 года назад

yes they are different species indeed, even if closely related (they are indeed in the same genus). Cestrum parqui is native to temperate areas in South America and is a lot more cold-tolerant (probably the hardiest of all Cestrums), hardy in USDA 8 (most of the UK is in this USDA zone, including Kent, where I live) and I found sources also that can be grown in USDA 7. Most sources say it is resistant to minus 5 degrees Celsius, but actually I found that this plant can resist also down to minus 8 degrees Celsius as during the Beast from the East 2018 (it sprouted back from the ground a few weeks after this very cold spell). Cestrum nocturnum is native to subtropical and tropical areas in the Americas and the minimum for it to grow outdoors is USDA 9 (I think only some areas in Cornwall and the Scilly Isles in the UK have chances to be suitable for this species, and even there, it might get killed by the occasional frosts that these areas might experience).