Schrebera alata (100 seeds)

Schrebera alata. (Oleaceae) wild jasmine, wing-leafed wooden pear, wildejasmyn, houtpeer. is a quick-growing evergreen tree or shrub, 4-15 m high, with a greyish or light brown bark. The leaves are opposite and pinnately compound with few leaflet pairs and a single terminal one. The petiole and rachis are narrowly winged. The leaves are shiny dark green above, paler beneath and smooth or velvety when young. The flowers are trumpet-shaped and white to pink, with reddish brown hairs near the mouth of the corolla tube. They are sweet-scented. Sowing : Sow seeds in early spring and they will germinate in about four weeks’ time. Mix the soil with compost or sieved leaf litter; give plenty of water and maintain a warm temperature. Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: June 2023