The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
The white flower buds may look like sampaguita but they’re really another variety of jasmine.
It started drizzling after lunch and it looked like a heavy downpour was about to follow. I was closing the bedroom windows when I noticed the branch of this jasmine plant perfectly framed by the window grills.
There is a row of jasmine plants just outside our bedroom window. I have a lot of photos of them but these are my favorites.
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They really look like Sampaguitas. Its nice to have flowers pag open mp ng window. Looks very relaxing
Yes, very similar in appearance but this variety of jasmine has no distinct fragrance.
I can smell that Jasmine fragrance all the way out here in South Florida. Well, maybe it’s those two we have in front of the house, and one in the backyard. We also have one called Thai(?) Jasmine – it’s skinny and tall, but no fragrance. If only I can take good pictures …
Never too late to learn something new.
I think it’s a white angel…it is the same plant my husband planted in our plant box