Product Information: <p> <p>Common Name: Day Blooming Jasmine <p> <p>Botanical Name: Cestrum elegans <p> <p>Mature Size: 5 to 6 feet<p> <p>Flower Color: Lavender Mauve <p> <p>Bloom Form: Long tubules <p> <p>Fragrance: Yes, lightly fragrant at night <p> <p>Recommended USDA Zone: 8B (Root Hardy) 9, 10, 11<p> <p>Soil Type: Fertile Well Draining <p> <p>Soil PH: Neutral <p> <p>Watering: Moderate<p> <p>Special Features: Fast growing, low maintenance <p> <p>Suggested Uses: Mixed Perennials, Boundary, Hedge, Backdrop, Accent, Garden Pot, Porch or Patio <p> <p>House Plant Adaptive: Not Recommended Due To High Light Needs<p> <p>Limited Conditional Warranty: Warranty Limited To Guarantee Of Safe Healthy Arrival <p> <p>Extended Long Term Warranty: None<p> <p>Country of origin: USA Purple Cestrum or Day Blooming Jasmine is a semi tropical flowering shrub related to the popular Night Blooming Jasmine, which is also a cestrum, not a true jasmine. <br /><br />It will mature to a large upright bush with thin, fine, arching limbs, and produce showy, drooping, hanging, clusters of waxy textured, tubular lilac purple flowers that, unlike its night blooming cousin, are open during the day, and are also lightly fragrant at night. <br /><br />The flowers appear in cycles throughout the year in tropical climates, and throughout the warm season in the sub-tropics. <br /><br />Purple Cestrum can be used as large flowing hedge, as background in layered beds, or mixed perennials. It makes a fine anchor or transitional plant when some height is needed, and can also be grown as a large potted plant indefinitely.