It is expensive but worth the trouble. A. Surinam cherry is a good hedge plant. It is also grown as a small tree and can grow to 15 feet or so. It has foliage similar to ficus but without the bad roots. Orange jessamine also can be used for hedge work or as a small tree.
Flowers are very fragrant and small red fruit is decorative.
Blooms usually occur near the time of the full moon, which seems typical of many fragrant white flowering plants. These shrubs are easily obtainable at most garden centers. Q. My orange jasmine hedge is yellowing and dying off. A. Judging from the foliage, the hedge needs fertilizer. If the plants were planted too deep or growing near cement similar conditions would be apparent.