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A good year for Cestrum?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:17 am
by charlie
I don't grow a lot but they are certainly flowering well this year
Cestrum Newellii by
charliepridham, on Flickr
This one lives outside on a shaded west wall
Re: A good year for Cestrum?
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 6:11 pm
by Chad
Cestrum is a huge genus that I am just beginning to grow. Do they only flower on old wood?
I have a ‘bought in’ C. nocturnum that has kept some wood from last year but shows no flower buds.
C. guatemalensis and aurantiacum are new from seed this year so I don’t expect flower yet!
Which others do you grow?
Chad.
Re: A good year for Cestrum?
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:43 am
by charlie
In my (very limited) experience I have only seen the flower on second season wood.
I have tried some and fallen out of love with them quite quickly C parqui because although hardy I found it also boring, C nocturmum was hard work and only scented at night, I quite like the C Newellii above, both the foliage and flowers are OK, mine flowers 2 sometimes 3 times per year but I can never decide whether it is one long flowering interrupted by cold or 3 waves of flowers? I also have one called 'Cretan Purple' (you are welcome to one if passing), it is just finishing flowering but would need careful placing as its a somber colour