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Tabernaemontana australis
Australian PinweelFamily: Apocynaceae
Origin: Australia
With its fragrant white flowers of a beautiful shape and very dark green waxy leaves, elongated and pointed, this plant is an amazing addition to a rare fragrant plant collection.
Slow growing, and low growing bush which makes it very valuable for landscape understory. It can be trimmed and maintained in small size 3-4 ft; however if you let it go it will grow into very attractive, dense and bushy specimen up to 5-6 ft tall. Great specimen, accent plant, and container plant.
This rare species of Tabernaemontana is often confused with T. divaricata (commonly known as Pinwheel Jasmine) and T. orientalis (Banana Bush). However this Australian relative of Pinwheen Jasmine has its own distinctive features, and flowers look more like T. africana, although smaller size (1" in diameter).
Learn more: How to establish Tabernaemontana and get more fragrant blooms
Similar plants:
- Rauvolfia verticillata, Cerbera chinensis, Dissolaena verticillata, Ervatamia ophiorhizoides, Rauvolfia yunnanensis, Tabernaemontana densiflora (Devil Pepper)
- Stemmadenia galeottiana, Tabernaemontana litoralis, Stemmadenia litoralis (Lechoso, Milky Way Tree)
- Stemmadenia grandiflora, Tabernaemontana grandiflora (Wedding Tree, Huevos de gato, Lechugo, Venenillo)
- Tabernaemontana africana (Samoan Gardenia)
- Tabernaemontana aurantiaca (Orange Milkwood)
- Tabernaemontana corymbosa (Flower of Love)
- Tabernaemontana crassa, Conopharyngia crassa, Conopharyngia durissima (Adam's Apple)
- Tabernaemontana dichotoma, Cerbera dichotoma, Ervatamia dichotoma, Rejova dichotoma, Tabernaemontana laurifolia (Eve's Apple, Forbidden fruit)
- Tabernaemontana divaricata Flore Pleno, Hollarhena densiflora, Tabernaemontana coronaria (Crape Jasmine, Carnation of India, East Indian Rosebay, Adam's Apple, Nero's Crown, Coffee Rose, Crepe Gardenia)
- Tabernaemontana divaricata, Ervatamia divaricata, Ervatamia coronaria (Pinwheel Jasmine, Crape Jasmine, Crepe Gardenia)
Slow growing, and low growing bush which makes it very valuable for landscape understory. It can be trimmed and maintained in small size 3-4 ft; however if you let it go it will grow into very attractive, dense and bushy specimen up to 5-6 ft tall. Great specimen, accent plant, and container plant.
This rare species of Tabernaemontana is often confused with T. divaricata (commonly known as Pinwheel Jasmine) and T. orientalis (Banana Bush). However this Australian relative of Pinwheen Jasmine plant has its own distinctive features, and flowers look more like T. africana, although smaller size (1" in diameter).
Learn more: How to establish Tabernaemontana and get more fragrant blooms
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