The orange jasmine isn't a true jasmine but has extremely fragrant jasmine looking flowers. It's related to citrus with similar evergreen foliage but the leaves lack the citrus scent. It's easy to grow. The seeds take a while to germinate but once up grow pretty fast. If I'm starting them indoors I use bottom heat. I keep them in containers with winter protection but in frost free climates it's grown as a bush or small tree. My Mom's house in FL has a hedge of orange jasmine plants (which is where I get the seeds).

I found a spider plant baby laying on the ground at walmart and hubby wouldn't let me pick it up since he said it was stealing. He would die if he saw me snatch cuttings from places, lol. I will go up to a house in a heartbeat and ask to take cuttings. Most people are more than willing to share. I got the cutest little cutting of what I thought was devils backbone that bloomed little pink bells. Not sure now what it is but I like it, lol. I got some kind of bromeliad looking plant while I was in Louisiana from a high school friend that was dumb enough to invite me into her greenhouse while I was at home this weekend. I call it the itchy plant since I itch like crazy every time I touch it and my husband too, lol. He said thats why she gave it to me, lol. I'll have to take a pic of it. I dug up some of her purple spreading flowers too. I have to see what they are also and some succulent cuttings. I have to send her a couple of brugs, lol.

wow, jim, that's so strange! the thing with me is definitely not that I'm sensitive to anything, rather that I'm completely INSENSITIVE and the only effect I notice is a tummyache. pffft. this is waaay OT, but when I went to the hospital following the second car accident in that awful week last year, they gave me percocet to take if the pain got too severe. I was wary of it, but after a week, when I couldn't even move, I caved and gave it a try, figuring since I was already tired it'd at least knock me out. after about half an hour, my hands and feet went a little numb, and I felt a little dizzy and nauseated. half an hour later, the effect had completely worn off, and it WOKE ME UP. never even took the EDGE off the pain, just woke me up, so I couldn't even sleep the pain away. HOW do people use OR abuse this stuff? karyn, I know, I'm just as cautious (read: paranoid) about "herbal" remedies too. I stay away from EVERYTHING, lol. the closest I ever come to taking something into my body to alter how I'm feeling is a cup of coffee if I'm exhausted, and even then I try to keep my caffeine consumption low. I don't even take aspirin, heh. Ria

I would love some of them. Passion fruit is wonderful. I was looking at some on ebay but forgot to bid. How long does it take from seed to fruit. I also read that you need two so can you use plants from two different seeds from the same fruit? Let me know the amount for postage. Linda