Overview

Transform your outdoor space with the exquisite Orange Jasmine live tree (Murraya Paniculata). This stunning, air-layered plant is typically 2ft and up, ready to establish itself and bring vibrant life to your garden. Known for its intoxicatingly sweet, citrus-like fragrance, the Orange Jasmine live tree produces abundant clusters of small, white, star-shaped flowers that bloom throughout the year, especially during warmer months. Its glossy, dark green foliage provides a lush backdrop, making it an attractive specimen even when not in bloom. Originating from tropical and subtropical regions, this plant is a popular choice for hedges, screens, or as a standalone ornamental tree, offering both visual appeal and an unforgettable aroma. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting, the Murraya Paniculata plant is a rewarding addition that promises beauty and fragrance.

Key Benefits

The Orange Jasmine live tree offers a multitude of benefits that make it a favorite among gardeners:

• Fragrant Blooms: Enjoy the intense, sweet, citrus-like scent of its white flowers that can perfume your entire garden, particularly enchanting in the evenings. This makes the fragrant jasmine plant a delightful addition near patios or windows.
• Year-Round Interest: With its evergreen foliage and continuous blooming in warm climates, this plant ensures your garden remains vibrant and appealing throughout the seasons.
• Fast Growth: Known as a fast growing tree, the Orange Jasmine quickly establishes itself and can reach a substantial size, making it excellent for creating privacy screens or hedges in a relatively short period.
• Versatile Landscaping: Its adaptability allows it to be grown as a large shrub, a small tree, or easily pruned into hedges and topiary forms, fitting various garden designs.
• Attracts Pollinators: The fragrant flowers are a magnet for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators, contributing to a healthy garden ecosystem.
• Low Maintenance: Once established, the outdoor flowering plant is relatively easy to care for, requiring moderate watering and occasional feeding to thrive.
• Edible Berries: After flowering, small, bright orange-red berries may appear, which are edible, though often consumed by birds.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Orange Jasmine live tree is straightforward, ensuring it flourishes and provides continuous beauty and fragrance. This plant thrives in outdoor environments, particularly in humid subtropical and tropical climates. It requires ample sunlight to produce its abundant blooms. Aim for at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily; however, it can tolerate partial shade, especially in hotter regions, where some afternoon shade can prevent leaf scorch. The Murraya Paniculata plant prefers well-draining soil that is rich in organic matter. A slightly acidic to neutral pH is ideal. When planting, amend heavy clay soils with compost or sand to improve drainage. Proper watering is crucial, especially during its establishment phase. Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged. Once established, it is moderately drought-tolerant but will perform best with regular watering, particularly during dry spells. Fertilize your fragrant jasmine plant every 2-3 months during the growing season (spring through fall) with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer or a liquid feed. Pruning can be done to maintain shape, size, or to encourage bushier growth and more flowers. Remove any dead, diseased, or crossing branches. While generally robust, keep an eye out for common pests like aphids or scale insects, which can be treated with horticultural oil or insecticidal soap. Providing adequate airflow and avoiding overhead watering can help prevent fungal diseases.

Size & Details

This Orange Jasmine live tree is an air-layered specimen, ensuring a robust root system and quicker establishment. It stands at a height of 2ft and up at the time of shipping, making it a substantial plant ready for immediate impact in your garden. Air layering is a propagation method that results in a plant with mature characteristics, allowing for faster growth and earlier flowering compared to seed-grown plants. This fast growing tree can eventually reach heights of 8-12 feet or more with proper care and pruning, and can spread 6-8 feet wide, making it an excellent choice for a hedge or a specimen tree. It typically ships as a potted plant with its root ball intact, minimizing transplant shock. Expect the plant to begin producing its characteristic fragrant blooms within its first year, establishing itself as a prominent and beautiful outdoor flowering plant in your landscape.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Orange Jasmine live tree get? A: This particular Orange Jasmine live tree is 2ft and up when shipped. With ideal conditions, it can grow to heights of 8-12 feet and spread 6-8 feet wide, making it suitable for hedges or small specimen trees.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Murraya Paniculata plant is primarily an outdoor plant, thriving in humid subtropical and tropical climates (USDA Zones 9-11). In colder regions, it can be grown in a container and brought indoors during winter.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This fragrant jasmine plant prefers full sun, meaning at least 6 hours of direct sunlight per day, for optimal blooming. It can tolerate partial sun, especially in very hot climates.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, once established, the Orange Jasmine live tree is considered relatively low maintenance. It requires consistent watering and occasional fertilization, but is generally robust and disease-resistant.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your plant will arrive as a healthy, air-layered, potted specimen with its root ball carefully packaged to ensure minimal stress during transit, ready for planting.
• Q: How long until it blooms? A: As an air-layered plant, your fast growing tree is more mature and should begin producing its characteristic fragrant white flowers within the first year after planting.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: The Orange Jasmine thrives in USDA Zones 9-11. If you are in a colder zone, you will need to protect it from frost or grow it as a container plant that can be moved indoors during winter.
• Q: What type of soil is best for the Orange Jasmine live tree? A: A well-draining soil rich in organic matter is ideal for the outdoor flowering plant. It prefers a slightly acidic to neutral pH.
• Q: Is the Orange Jasmine plant pet-safe? A: While the plant is generally considered safe, it’s always best to prevent pets from ingesting parts of any plant. The berries are technically edible for humans but are more commonly consumed by birds.
• Q: When is the best time to plant this tree? A: The best time to plant an Orange Jasmine live tree is in spring or early summer, allowing it ample time to establish its root system before cooler weather.