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Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
06:48 PM Post #7261106
| I bought this plant from a nursery about a week ago. I was told it was a kind of jasmine, and it does smell like one, but an overview of the plants that make up jasmine's genus in the PlantFiles didn't turn up a match. Can anyone help?
The whiter flower was a recently opened one (same day the pic was taken), the yellower ones opened a few days prior.
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Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
06:52 PM Post #7261121
| Here's a picture of the entire plant in it's pot. 
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growin
Vancouver, BC
(Zone 8b)
November 10, 2009
06:54 PM Post #7261125
| Looks like a Honeysuckle (Lonicera) to me. |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 10, 2009
06:58 PM Post #7261130
| ditto to the honeysuckle. |
Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
07:20 PM Post #7261196
| Wonderful!
Does anyone have a species to go with the genus though? |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
November 10, 2009
07:42 PM Post #7261278
| I do not know what your zone is but it look's like Lonicera japonica.
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Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
08:03 PM Post #7261370
| Oh dear, it's that really invasive species then. That kills those plans to stick it in the ground then to attract butterflies. I'm in Puerto Rico, if that helps.
Well, a head's up then. Those "jasmines" you might see in a local nursery probably aren't jasmine at all. It's interesting though, I do have an angelwing jasmine and they do smell very similar. |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
November 10, 2009
08:07 PM Post #7261381
| Hi Misal. Plantfile's show's Lonicera japonica to be hardy to zone 9b. It is invasive here in Virginia. |
Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
08:16 PM Post #7261425
| 9b's my zone? In that case, it's tropical, so by hardy you mean it'll survive, but not be dangerously invasive? |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
November 10, 2009
08:21 PM Post #7261451
| I wish I could answer your question Mishal about how aggressive that honesuckle could be in your area but I cannot. If you like that plant, you could alway's plant it but keep your eye on it. The bloom's smell and taste heavenly though. |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 10, 2009
08:41 PM Post #7261507
| mishal, i think you misunderstood rachel. puerto rico is not 9b. i would think that where you live, it would never get a chance to freeze back, and so be totally invasive...or maybe I misunderstood! lol |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
November 10, 2009
08:50 PM Post #7261523
| Thank's trackinsand. I think I missed Mishal's (question mark) concerning 9b being her zone. I have not checked to see exactly what her zone is but I am sure she has no worrie's on loosing that plant in her zone;-) |
trackinsand
mid central, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 10, 2009
08:53 PM Post #7261539
| yeah, she's got to be zone 11 i would think. it won't die there unless it's under saltwater...and maybe not even then! |
RachelLF
Rural Retreat, VA
November 10, 2009
09:19 PM Post #7261620
| LOL track;-) |
Mishal
Caguas
Puerto Rico
November 10, 2009
10:01 PM Post #7261749
| Thanks for the help everyone! |
