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I like to recommend lovely fragrant plants that seem to grow well here in Hawaii whenever I come across them. My stephanotis vine has been thriving and flowering for months now. This plant with tough ...

Today’s plant, the Madagascar jasmine, has a botanical name, Stephanotis, which is Greek. Stephanos means crown and otis means ear. These two words refer to the shape of the flowers which are tubular ...

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Last week at Sprout Home we received a shipment of Stephanotis floribunda, or Madagascar jasmine, and since that delivery the sweet heavy perfume of its flowers have been omnipresent in the air. It ...