Night blooming jasmine is my very favorite scent! Years ago you could find lots of potpourri with it, but I guess it's just not popular these days.

I had a plant my daughter brought me from a nursery where she worked for a while in the Dallas area. It did okay until I moved to my house. I still am not sure why, but it didn't make it through the first winter in the house.

The plant is listed as a tender perennial for zone 8b. North of that it won't live through the winter so you can only grow it here as a potted plant that must be brought indoors in winter.

I did see one at TLC one year, 3 or 4 years ago. If you're interested in trying to grow one, keeping in mind it cannot stay outdoors in winter, there are several places online where you can order it.

Debra

I see them in the stores here every year, but maybe more towards the end of April or early May.

I tried planting it in the ground here in southern OK, zone 7b, and it lived a year or so and then froze back. I can often get zone 8 plants to survive 2, 3, or even 4 years here, but eventually a very cold winter gets them every time.

It does have a beautiful scent.

Dawn

I ordered mine from an Ebay seller, and also the red blooming, day flowering Cestrum 'Bacchus'. I want it for my sphinx or hummingbird moths that fly at night. They are great pollinators and fun to watch. I just potted them up, and may try to bring them in for the winter, but more likely will grow them as an annual this summer. They are small plants (the ones I got), but I understand they are very vigorous and grow pretty fast. The night blooming nocturnum is supposed to start blooming late summer, while the red Bacchus is supposed to bloom all summer until fall.

Scroll down the page I've linked and click on the thumbnail for Cestrum elegans 'Bacchus' for a peek at it.

Susan

Here is a link that might be useful: Bacchus Cestrum

Thanks everyone! glad to know they bloom in oklahoma too. I will look up online for this plant. I think I will try day blooming as well as night blooming cestrum. I have read that their fragrances compliment each other.