Lady of the Night or Dama da Noite is night-blooming jasmine. It's a really unassuming plant and not much to look at all during the day. At night though...... well, you either love her or hate her. The tiny flowers give off the most amazing fragrance (as a soapmaking addict I'd love to find an accurate fragrance oil to use but so far have failed miserably) and it can be so strong it can actually give you a headache at times. We thought our 2 plants had died off this winter as they were badly burnt by the wind/cold, so they were cut right back. You had to look down over the wall to see them - what a lovely surprise to find they'd both grown back and were doing really well this summer.
Not much to look at during the day.....
No scent at all when the flowers are closed, but when they open up at night, it's a different story
The flowers are tiny and you wouldn't believe the fragrance that comes off such a tiny thing
I would love to sit outside in the evenings and smell that heavenly fragrance, sigh. You are so lucky to have such lovely things in the garden there
ReplyDeleteIt's a scent that I love L, and at times we can even smell it inside when all the doors and windows are shut. The house is mostly built with old stone, so the smell creeps through the many gaps :-)
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