5 Graines jasmin à floraison nocturne, Nyctanthes arbre-triste

jasmine with night flowering, parjat, nyctinhes tree-tiste |

CAP Jasmine, Gardenia Jasminoides

10 Seeds - Average germination: 60% - Direct sowing at 20 ° C Night/ 30 ° C Day - GERMINING IN 20 to 30 days under greenhouse 25 - 30 ° C - BONSAI: Yes 

Gardenia Jasminoides , commonly called Gardénia , ^[2] is a Plant with flower flowers persistent leaves of the coffee trees Rubiaceae . He is from certain regions of Southeast Asia. Wild plants measure 30 centimeters to 3 meters (about 1 to 10 feet) in height. They have a round roundedwith very dense branches with opposite leaves lanceolate-oblongues, tough or grouped on the same knot and by a dark green surface, shiny and slightly waxy and protruding ribs.

With its shiny green leaves and its very fragrant white summer flowers, it is widely used in the gardens of climates temperate hot and subtropical . It is also used as an inner plant in temperate climates. It has been cultivated in China for at least a thousand years and has been introduced in English gardens in the middle of the 18th century. Many varieties have been selected for horticulture , with low growth, large and long flowering forms.

Gardenia Jasminoides is a shrub which measures 30 cm to 3 m (1 to 10 ft) high in the wild, with cylindrical flat branches which are first covered with hair Caduces fall early, leaving the branch smooth. The leaves are in opposite pairs or rarely in groups of three along the branches. They are either subsessile (almost without petiole), or on short petioles of 0.5 to 1 centimeter (0.2 to 0.4 inches). The leaves themselves measure 3–25 cm (1.2–9.8 in) long by 1.5–8 cm (0.6–3.1 in large and can be oblonged in shape -Lancéoleée, Obovale-Oblongue, Obovale, Oblanceolate or Elliptique. Their upper face is smooth and shiny, or slightly hairy along the primary ribs, while the lower faceis not very smooth. Each sheet has 8 to 15 pairs of secondary ribs. The flowers are lonely and terminal, from the ends of the stems. ^[3]

White flowers have a matt texture, unlike shiny leaves. They gradually take a cream yellow color and a waxy surface. They can be quite large, up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, in the shape of a loose funnel, and there are forms with double flowers. Flowering in summer and autumn, they are among the most flavored in all flowers. They are followed by small and oval fruits.  ^[4]

Cultivars of Gardenia jasminoides

a form with double flowers

form to one petal, Japan

The evidence of G. Jasminoides in China culture date back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 after JC), where wild and double flowers have been represented in paintings, such as those of the Emperor Song Huizong , ^[16] and the tenth artist of the century XU XI. ^[17] The Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) saw it on the lacquer and the Ming Dynasty on porcelain (1368-1644) . ^[18] called Zhi-Zi in traditional Chinese medicine, it was a popular remedy against jaundice, edema and fevers. ^[3] The English statesman Sir John Barrow saw guards in the nurseries ofCanton , China in 1794. ^[18]

G. Jasminoides arrived in Europe via the CAP colony in southern Africa, which had been founded in 1652 as relays between the Netherlands and Asia. There, Daniel des Marets, superintendent of the Dutch domains of