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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 3-10 feet
Plant Spread: 6-8 feet
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Flowering Tree
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Orange Cestrum
  • Yellow Shrub Jessamine

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Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Botanical Garden Utrecht (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-02-11
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Date: August
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2017-02-11
Location: Hampton Park, Charleston, SC
Date: 2021-04-22
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2012-02-04
Usually refered to as yellow cestrum here.
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2009-03-28
This plant can get huge.
Location: UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Date: 2007-08-06
Location: Botanical Garden Utrecht (Netherlands)
Date: 2017-02-11
Location: San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Date: August
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Test garden
Comments:
  • Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Apr 28, 2013 10:21 PM concerning plant:
    Taken from wikipedia's page at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    "Cestrum aurantiacum [1] (orange Cestrum, "orange jessamine", orange-flowering jessamine, and yellow Cestrum;[2] syn. Capraria lanceolata L.f., is an invasive species native to North and South America. This plant is used as an ornamental plant, and it is a poisonous plant.[3]"

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