Tropicals, Woody > Tabernaemontana > Tabernaemontana divaricata > Tabernaemontana divaricata
Tabernaemontana divaricata
Crepe Jasmine
| Family |
| Apocynaceae |
| Genus |
| Tabernaemontana |
| Species |
| divaricata |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season preotection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -3 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 17 |
| Height |
| 1.8 - 2.4 m |
| Spread |
| 1.8 - 2.4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Flowering shrub or hedge, borders, screening, accent hedge, warm city and courtyard gardens, informal warm gardens or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in moist but well-draining, nutrient rich loamy soils that are neutral to slightly alkaline. |
| Shape |
| Densely clumping. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| ID Characteristic |
| A repeat-blooming, white-flowered evergreen shrub. |
| Habitat |
| Warm woodlands and shrub groves. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Slightly coarse, uniformly woody bark with almost insignificant leaf and stem scars. Leaf stems are smooth and glaborous. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Small, rounded insignificant flower buds. |
| Leaf Description |
| Clusters of simple, pinnate-lanceolate, shiny and waxy leaflets that grow along leaf stems. |
| Flower Description |
| Small, simple 5-petaled flowers that grow in terminal panicles of 3 - 8. Flower petals are arranged in a slight windmill-like shape. |
| Colour Description |
| Medium green to yellow-green foliage. Some leaves have natural yellowing to orangish-yellowing around the edges. Pale tan brown bark. Medium green leaf stems. Pale white flowers. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium. |
| Propagation |
| Seed or softwood cuttings. |
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