Cestrum aurantiacum Or Orange Jessamine - Not Real Jasmine Plants

If you want to plant the orange jessamine in your garden, it is better to use potted plants so they don't become easily invasive. Also if you have pets or small children in your home, it won't be a good idea to plant these. There have been incidents where the grazing cattle got sick from the leaves of Cestrum aurantiacum, and some of those animals even died from eating these plants. 

In short, the plants and flowers looks great so it is only advisable to plant them where it is not accessible to animals and young children.

The below shown orange jasmine plant in pot from Amazon is a fast growing shrub and it can reach up to 6 to 8 feet height. The Cestrum aurantiacum plant is also known as orange zest peel jasmine, and the jasmine or jessamine flowers have nice citrus scent that is usually a strong scent at night.

The only thing is that these are not real jasmine.

There are also other beautiful real jasmine plants that look similar to the above (the first shown plant) orange zest jasmine - they have great fragrance and beauty too but they are varieties of real jasmine. If you wish you can check them out here. You can see two varieties below -  there is the real orange jasmine flowers and also the mock orange jasmine flowers that bloom at night. These are also available in Amazon if you wish to buy. 

The interesting thing about the real orange jasmine flowers is that the flowers do not actually look orange in color - they are almost white in color.