Cestrum elegans var. smithii New and not for the table)

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The Rangpur is not truly a lime at all

This is one of the most useful evergreens for the difficult places of a Southern garden

Decades of detective work have not pinned down the exact parent species (some point to C

Photos courtesy of Joseph A

Cestrum elegans var. smithii New and not for the table)Cestrum elegans var. smithii is the soft, blush rose form of the elegant cestrum, a fast, arching shrub that carries dense terminal clusters of slender tubular flowers in a warm pink, mildly fragrant in the evening and a steady draw for hummingbirds. Where the species runs to hot red purple, this variety keeps things gentler, blooming from late spring well into fall, and year round under glass. Hardy outdoors in zones 8 to 10 and everblooming in a