Comments on: Stephanotis – Trellis Plant, Fragrant Tubular White Flower Clusters

By: Reg Balch

Reg Balch — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:21:24 +0000

I live in Spain and have a stephanotis which produced two seed pods this summer . One ripened and burst I planted the seeds and I now have 65 seedlings which are growing well

By: Pamela Little

Pamela Little — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:39:21 +0000

I have lots of new 5 month old stephonotis. I grew them from seed in my greenhouse. I live in Michigan and can’t keep them all…………..would like to sell some of them. If you are interested please contact me thru e-mail.
from Pam Little

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:22:47 +0000

I received my first stephanotis this spring and is potted in my kitchen window. It is trained around a little trellis and seems to be very happy for its first year. It is a pretty small vine, but I now have 2 seed pods that have been growing for almost 2 months now. They are between golf ball and baseball size. One is starting to yellow and soften, but other is green and still growing. How do I know when the pods are ready? What do I do with them when they are?

Thanks.

Jamie

By: sarah

sarah — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:39:19 +0000

Ihave had my staphanotis on my balcony here on the Algarve for two and half years.It’s now producing flowers again but the leaves are starting to turn yellow and fall off.Anyone have any suggestions as to what may be wrong?No sign of any disease or insect infestation.

By: Ann M E Knapper

Ann M E Knapper — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:05:26 +0000

My stephanotis has lived in my conservatory for about 4 years. with the cold and heat. Flowered well the first 2 years, then last year did not look happy, so unwound the plant, cut off bits that didnt look happy and this year it has flowered really well. Perfume beautiful. BUT I amk known for “slaughtering” all my plants – in and outside – but they always come back. Does this mean I DO have green fingers?

from Ann Knapper

By: John Crompton

John Crompton — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:09:21 +0000

Dear sir/madam

I live in Cyprus and planted a stephanotis plant 2 years ago. The soil here is red coloured and not that great. We planted the Stephanotis when it was about 1foot in height in a part shady area. We just watered it and left it. It now cascades down the steps which go up to the sun terrace of the villa. We have now got two seed pods and they are pear shaped and when we discovered them they were solis. Now after 6 months the seedpod is turning yellow and is getting a wrinkled and soft. Do we take the pood off and plant the seeds inside. The plant has been admired by our neighbours but we have not done a lot to it excpt water,feed and clean the leaves of greenfly.

Thank you

John & Joan Crompton

By: Jim Buck

Jim Buck — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:45:38 +0000

I have overwintered a stephanotis for five-six years placing it in a southern bay window in Portland Oregon, but one with three panes of glass that are solar treated so it doesn’t get the heat of the sun. I have had it blossom the following summer but not with the same intensity as the first year. I have not had it outside for four years but it continues to produce blooms. I found that channeling the vines differently than where the plant wants to send them can cause them to wither. Changing the soil in the pot every couple of years helps restore the plant as well.

Jim

By: Peter Rayner

Peter Rayner — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:50:47 +0000

Help!!! I found a couple of large stephanotis in full flower at a local nursery at such a good price so I bought them and chucked them into the garden against some pergola supports. They are obviously very happy as they are growing rampantly! However, One of the vines has produced 2 ‘ pears’ as mentioned in your article, and I need to know what to do with them . I understand that they will be on the vine for 6 months or so, but will they tell me when they are ready to be removed? will they ‘ ripen’/ go brown/?
I am very intrigued and want to be able to harvest the seeds. Any advice would be most apperciated.
thanks you.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:24:34 +0000

We have successfully overwintered our Stephanotis. It was looking dead after last summe with the leaves turning brown and falling off. We moved it into the kitchen where the temperature is cooler and the air is damper. On the windowsill it recieved very bright light, especially the low morning sun. We fed it every two weeks with tomato food.
Since the start of the spring it has trebbled in size and now has 9 flower heads on it. We have left it in the kitchen.

By: bill martin

bill martin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:21:03 +0000

I have had a stephanotis plant outdoors for the past four years here in Jaén, Spain (Andalusia) where the summer temperatures reach 120F and down to 30F in winter. The leaves stay green through the winter and begin to yellow and fall off in early spring.I fertilize after the blooms drop and as winter approaches slowly decrease fertilizer and let the soil become only slightly dry in winter. I have it in a pot near the front east facing door and it receives a lot of light. I have had it bloom at least three times during the year. In spring when the leaves fall, after adding a good scoop of humus, I cut the obvious deadwood back, but not too severe. It is about 4 feet tall and stays bushy throughout the summer/fall.I have tried training it on a column and wall, but it seems to prefer to intertwine on itself.