Overview

Transform your living space with the exquisite Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant. This captivating woody vine is celebrated for its abundant clusters of stunning, highly fragrant white star-shaped flowers. Blooming from mid-spring through mid-fall, these blossoms release an intoxicating sweet aroma that will fill your outdoor garden or indoor living areas. The Jasminum Sambac plant, commonly known as Arabian Jasmine, is a truly classical and beloved plant, renowned for its beauty and scent. Its dark green, evergreen foliage provides a lush backdrop to the pristine white flowers, creating a visually appealing contrast. Whether you’re looking to add a touch of elegance to your patio, a fragrant accent to your balcony, or a climbing feature to a trellis, the Maid of Orleans variety is an excellent choice. It’s a plant that not only delights the senses but also offers a relatively easy-care experience for both novice and experienced gardeners, making it a perfect choice for anyone seeking a fragrant jasmine bush.

The Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant is a versatile and vigorous grower, capable of reaching impressive heights when given proper support. Its twining and trailing habit makes it ideal for various landscaping applications, from covering fences to cascading from hanging baskets. This particular variety is known for its prolific blooming and strong, sweet perfume, making it a favorite for those who appreciate aromatic plants. The deep green leaves remain vibrant throughout the winter, ensuring year-round interest. This starter plant, typically 5-8 inches tall upon arrival, is ready to establish itself and bring years of fragrant beauty to your home. Consider adding this charming plant to your collection to enjoy its continuous bloom and delightful fragrance.

Key Benefits

The Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant offers a multitude of benefits that make it a highly desirable addition to any plant collection. Its enchanting qualities go beyond mere aesthetics, providing a truly enriching experience for plant lovers.

• Exquisite Fragrance: Perhaps its most celebrated feature, the Maid of Orleans produces intensely fragrant white flowers. The sweet, exotic scent is perfect for perfuming your garden, patio, or indoor spaces, creating a serene and inviting atmosphere.
• Prolific Blooming: Enjoy a long blooming season from mid-spring to mid-fall. This variety is known for its continuous production of beautiful star-shaped flowers, ensuring a consistent display of beauty and aroma.
• Versatile Growth Habit: As a dense, multi-stemmed evergreen woody vine, it can be trained to climb trellises, fences, or other structures, making it an excellent choice for vertical gardening. It also thrives in pots and containers, allowing for flexible placement.
• Evergreen Foliage: The dark green, oval pinnately compound leaves remain vibrant throughout the winter, providing year-round visual interest and a lush backdrop for its stunning white blooms.
• Excellent for Cutting: The beautiful white flowers are perfect for cutting and bringing indoors, allowing you to enjoy their beauty and fragrance in floral arrangements or as natural air fresheners.
• Relatively Low Maintenance: Once established, the Arabian Jasmine care routine is straightforward. With consistent moisture and adequate sunlight, this plant will flourish and provide years of enjoyment.
• Adaptable to Indoor & Outdoor Settings: This plant can be grown outdoors in warmer climates (USDA zones 9-11) or as a charming indoor jasmine plant in cooler regions, adapting well to bright, indirect light indoors.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant is a rewarding experience, leading to abundant fragrant blooms. To ensure your plant thrives, pay close attention to its sunlight, watering, and soil requirements. For outdoor planting, choose a spot that receives full sun for the best shrub growth, or partial shade if you intend to train it as a vine. If growing indoors, place your jasmine in a location that receives bright, indirect light. It’s important to provide adequate humidity, especially indoors, so consider placing the pot on a pebble tray filled with water to increase moisture around the plant.

When it comes to watering, consistency is key for healthy Arabian Jasmine care. Keep the soil consistently moist but never soggy. Water your plant when the top inch or two of the soil feels dry to the touch. Proper drainage is crucial to prevent root rot, so ensure your pot has drainage holes or that your garden bed drains well. Use a fertile, well-draining potting mix or garden soil. This plant is a moderate grower and can live for approximately 30 years under ideal conditions. Fertilize regularly during the growing season (spring and summer) with a balanced liquid fertilizer to encourage vigorous growth and prolific flowering. Pruning can be done after a flush of blooms to maintain shape and encourage new growth. Watch out for common pests like spider mites or mealybugs, and treat promptly if observed. Maintaining proper humidity is vital for the health of your fragrant jasmine bush, especially when grown indoors.

The Jasminum Sambac plant is relatively hardy but benefits from protection in colder climates if grown outdoors. If you notice yellowing leaves, it might be an indication of overwatering or nutrient deficiency. Brown leaf tips can suggest low humidity. By following these comprehensive care guidelines, your Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant will reward you with its stunning beauty and intoxicating fragrance for many seasons to come. This plant is not only beautiful but also resilient, making it a joy to cultivate.

Size & Details

You will receive one Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant that is a starter size, typically measuring between 5-8 inches tall upon arrival. These young plants are shipped without a pot, carefully packaged to ensure their health during transit, and are ready for immediate planting in your chosen container or garden spot. As a vigorous woody vine, this plant has the potential to grow to approximately 10 feet tall at maturity when given proper support, with a spread of about 3 feet. Its growth rate is considered medium, and it can be a long-lived plant, thriving for up to 30 years under optimal conditions.

Due to its climbing nature, the Jasminum Sambac plant tends to be leggy near the base. It is highly recommended to plant it near a fence, trellis, or other landscape structure where it can be trained to grow upwards. Alternatively, it can be allowed to trail gracefully off a retaining wall or slope, creating a beautiful cascading effect. When grown in containers, it makes a fine choice for outdoor pots, offering a portable source of fragrance and beauty. This plant is a wonderful choice for adding vertical interest and a delightful aroma to any garden or patio.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big will my Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant get? A: Your starter plant will arrive 5-8 inches tall. At maturity, this woody vine can reach up to 10 feet tall with a spread of 3 feet when provided with proper support. Its ultimate size will depend on growing conditions and pruning.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant is versatile. It can be grown outdoors in USDA zones 9-11. In cooler climates, it makes a wonderful indoor jasmine plant, thriving in bright, indirect light.
• Q: How much sunlight does my Arabian Jasmine need? A: For outdoor planting, full sun is ideal for shrub-like growth, or partial shade if you prefer a vine. Indoors, it requires bright, indirect light to ensure healthy growth and abundant blooms.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, Arabian Jasmine care is relatively straightforward. It requires consistent moisture, well-draining soil, and adequate sunlight. With these conditions met, it’s a rewarding plant for both beginners and experienced gardeners.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: You will receive a healthy starter plant, 5-8 inches tall. It will be shipped without a pot, carefully packaged to ensure its safety and vitality during transit, ready for planting.
• Q: How long until my Jasminum Sambac plant blooms? A: With proper care, your Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant can begin blooming from mid-spring to mid-fall, often within its first year, especially once established and actively growing.
• Q: What type of soil does this plant prefer? A: The Jasminum Sambac plant thrives in fertile, well-draining potting mix or garden soil. Good drainage is crucial to prevent waterlogging and root issues.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: If you are in USDA zones 9-11, your Arabian Jasmine can typically overwinter outdoors. In colder zones, it should be brought indoors or provided with significant winter protection as an indoor jasmine plant.
• Q: Can I use the flowers for anything? A: Absolutely! The highly fragrant white flowers are excellent for cutting and can be used in floral arrangements, as natural potpourri, or even to make jasmine tea.
• Q: Does this plant attract pollinators? A: Yes, the fragrant flowers of the Maid of Orleans Arabian Jasmine live plant are known to attract various pollinators, including bees and butterflies, contributing to a healthy garden ecosystem.