Jasminum sambac 'Grand Duke of Tuscany' (Oleaceae)
'Gardenia Jasmine'
How sweet it is...This is the Italian form of the Arabian jasmine which has button-hole perfect white flowers like mini Gardenias which become stained with purple on the outer petals as they age. The flowers are scattered through straggly angular stems embraced with quilted oval leaves and the resulting bush of a metre or more will never win a prize for being neat, clipped and tidy. It makes a good pot plant and table centre piece when in flower and growth is generally quite slow. The flower buds of the single form are used to make jasmine tea especially in the Philippines.
I bought this one from the Growing Friends Nursery at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney earlier last year.
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