Cestrum elegans var. smithii New then dry to warm straw

then dry to warm straw that holds well into winter and longer still in a vase

and deer generally leave the foliage alone

Give moist but well-drained soil to start

From midsummer into autumn the wiry

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

Cestrum elegans var. smithii New then dry to warm strawCestrum 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