1. Can you tell me something about the cestrums and where they are available? 2. A : Cestrums , or jessamines, are great shrubs for our warm climate. 3. Cestrum diurnum is easily propagated from the seed, which it produces in abundance.4. Few shrubs flower as prolifically as golden jessamine ( " Cestrum aurantiacum " ). 5. Cestrum belongs to the nightshade family Solanaceae, along with peppers, tomatoes, petunias and nicotiana.6. "Cestrum " species are used as food by the caterpillars of several Lepidoptera species. 7. Heart notes include tuberose, orange blossom, cestrum nocturnum, lotus blossom, blackcurrant and pineapple. 8. Perhaps best-known in this genus is " Cestrum nocturnum, " the night-blooming jessamine. 9. Murraya, mitriostigma and cestrum will bloom well with night temperatures of 65 degrees, making them ideal for most homes. 10. It resembles " Cestrum parqui " but differs in the form of leaves and fusion of the outer floral parts.
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