What are the flowers that bloom white with a perfumed scent
If you want to know about the flowers that bloom white with a perfumed scent and the green plant maintenance tips for five types of white perfumed flowers, let's find out together next.
Now it is April, and the weather is getting hotter day by day. Spring is about to end and summer is approaching. In summer, some plants will enter a semi-dormant state due to high temperatures, with slow growth and stop blooming. Today, I will share with you five types of "white perfumed flowers" that can produce pure white and fragrant flowers. If you plant these flowers in spring, they will bloom in summer and fill your balcony and yard with fragrance!
Jasmine
Jasmine flowers are round and white, like tiny pearls, with a fragrant smell. They not only have high ornamental value but can also be used to make tea after picking. Jasmine is native to India and thrives in high temperatures. As the temperature rises in summer, it is in full bloom. With proper care, it can bloom 3 to 4 times in a summer, almost every month.
Care Tips
Jasmine is a typical sun-loving flower. It does not need to be shaded even when it's very hot in the summer. When the potting soil surface turns white and dry, water it. As long as watering is maintained, it won't be sunburned, and the more it is exposed to the sun, the more flowers it will produce. Before new buds sprout, apply a balanced fertilizer of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium once a month. After new branches grow and have flower buds, apply a high-phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once every 1 to 2 weeks to promote blooming, and stop fertilizing once the flowers open.
Gardenia
Gardenia has been a favorite ornamental flower for the Chinese people since ancient times. It has a low and full plant shape, very suitable for potting. Its blooming period is mainly in summer, with elegant and graceful white double flowers, a pleasant fragrance, and paired with evergreen leathery leaves, making it a delicate flower. Moreover, gardenia has a strong air purification effect, capable of adsorbing harmful gases like sulfur dioxide in the air, protecting human health.
Care Tips
Gardenia prefers a warm and humid environment with plenty of sunlight. Besides needing some shading during the hot summer, it should be exposed to the sun in other seasons. The most suitable growing temperature is between 16 to 24 degrees Celsius, and it likes loose, fertile, and well-draining slightly acidic soil. Gardenia has dense leaves and a strong water evaporation ability, so the soil should always be slightly moist, and water should be added when the potting soil surface is dry. When flower buds appear on the branches in summer, use a fertilizer to promote flower bud growth, such as Huaduo 2, potassium dihydrogen phosphate, bone meal, and other high-phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.
Tabernaemontana divaricata
Tabernaemontana divaricata is also known as white dogtooth or tofu flower. Although the name sounds a bit rustic, its appearance is far from it. This plant is vigorous, strong-growing, and highly flowering, making it an excellent ornamental flower. It has an upright and compact plant shape with straight branches. At first glance, its flowers look similar to gardenias, both pristine white and fragrant, but Tabernaemontana divaricata has slightly wrinkled petals while gardenias do not, and its flowers are slightly smaller than those of gardenias.
Care Tips
Tabernaemontana divaricata prefers a warm and humid environment with good lighting, and it should be shaded from strong sunlight in summer, with full sun in other seasons. It likes loose, fertile, and well-draining soil. During rapid growth in spring and autumn, apply organic fertilizer once a month or a balanced NPK nutrient solution every 10 to 15 days; at the end of spring and in summer, when flower buds appear on the branches, apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once a week to promote blooming, and stop fertilizing when the flowers open. Watering should not be too frequent, keeping the potting soil moist without waterlogging.