Both mealybugs and scale are controlled by applications of horticultural oil sprays such as neem oil. Natural controls include predatory insects such as ladybugs. Protect your sampaguita from frost. Water thoroughly, then cover the entire plant with plastic, sheets or blankets suspended over bamboo poles when frost is expected. Move potted specimens inside or into a warm sun room or garage until all chance of frost is past. With degrees in fine and commercial art and Spanish, Ruth de Jauregui is an old-school graphic artist, book designer and published author.
She enthusiastically pursues creative and community interests, including gardening, home improvement and social issues. By Ruth de Jauregui. Related Articles. Remove all unwanted vegetation. References BackyardGardener. Grow sampaguita over an arbor or near a bedroom window to enjoy its fragrance year-round. Sampaguita flowers are used in making leis and perfume; tuck a blossom in your hair or pin to your lapel before leaving in the morning for a long-lasting, natural fragrance. Mimi, thanks for that link!
Now I can probably order a gallon of the blooms for a party… :. Sampaguita has nothing to do with sumpa kita. However,it is a misnomer, since the Champaca is a different species, however closely they resemble each other. BTW, I really like your blog. Sampaguita garlands that are being sold now are very different before… remember that movie of Sharon Cuneta where she is a sampaguita vendor and she always put a sampaguita garland to her favorite actress by the person of Cherrie Gil?
MM, if you see a kampuput,you will be blown away! Its a sampaguita variety with multiple rows of petals and smells as sweet. We used to have one at our old house but when the house was sold, were unable to make cuttings. Paul, I like that explanation, as champaca is a fragrant bloom, and a smaller version would get that name….
MM, have you smelled the flowers of papaya? I love the scent of sampaguita, as well as ilang-ilang, but I love the scent of papaya flowers the most. Judging from the name, sampaguita is the diminutive Spanish of sampaga champaca? So, sampaguita probably means a little champaca as Paul earlier mentioned.
PS I also think that we should change our national flower. We have many more impressive flowers that are native or even endemic to our country. Here are some possible candidates from among our orchids: 1 Waling-waling Vanda sanderiana 2 Vanda luzonica 3 Phalaenopsis philippinensis mentioned in an earlier post. I vaguely recall seeing a show pinoy records? Did anyone see this? And were they succesful?
I also love jasmine tea but not the one in tea bags which have faint smell of jasmine flowers. I love the loose ones.
It was a lovely and serene sight. Amazing how such small, fragrant flowers have become part of the different stages of our life. We have a kampuput bush in our yard in Bulacan which has been there for as long as I can remember. I guess the bush is more than 60 years old now! From a huge, thick bush of my childhood, maliit na ngayon yun plant. I guess I have to replant now.
If I am successful with my propagation project, I can give you some plants once it is established. Or I can just give you the cuttings at ikaw na lang mag-tanim. You can e-mail me at sonny rekom. I just want to have one in my garden. Does anyone know of any store where we can buy here in Sacramento, CA? CecileJ — we have kampuput plants in our farm in Batangas.
Sampaguita we have in front of our house in Makati. I love a fragrant garden. To Yolanda Llorente, I have been successful in propagating sambac or sampaguita from cuttings. The plants go dormant during winter but come back in spring and in their full blooms during the summer months.
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