Cananga Odotata (ylang Ylang

Cananga Odotata (ylang Ylang Care

Cananga Odotata

What is the plant

Medium-sized tree, able to grow up to 10 - 15 m tall. Crown Long droopy branchlets and stems (4 - 6 m) gives the tree an irregular, straggly crown. Foliage Dark green leaves, alternately arranged, measuring about 10 - 20 cm long and 4 - 8 cm wide. Stems Pendulous, pubescent when young, striated with age. Flowers Flowers turning from green to yellowish-brown upon maturity, sweet-scented, petals hairy and curled up. Fruits Fruit turning from dark green to black when ripen, measuring about 2 cm long. Etymology Genus Cananga is derived from a Tagalog name "alang ilang" and also refers to the perfume produced from the fragrant flowers. Species odorata means fragrant or sweet-scented.

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Humidity

Normal

Lighting

Full Sun

Temperature

-11°C - -1°C

Hardiness zone

10 - 12

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Water the seedling deeply right after planting and keep the soil evenly moist for two to three weeks afterward. Because this is a tropical plant, water it with an overhead sprinkler every couple of days after the establishment period.
Pruning
Unless you're harvesting flowers, the best time to prune the tree is when it's not actively blooming or developing flower buds so you don't reduce the tree's normally heavy bloom production. In warm areas, however, ylang-ylang trees can produce flowers year-round. Judicious pruning of dead or damaged branches can be done anytime. The trees seem to have few insect or disease problems, but you can prune away infested or diseased areas as soon as you discover them. Always disinfect your pruning tools before you begin, even if you don't see any problems.
Fertilizer
Fertilize the ylang ylang tree once monthly from late spring to late summer with half the recommended dose of a balanced bloom fertilizer. Usually, these fertilizers have little or no nitrogen, and this encourages blooming rather than foliage growth throughout the growing season.

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Sunlight
Sandy
Soil
Heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid and neutral soils and can grow in very acid
Temperature
It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 30c, but can tolerate 16 - 34c[ 418 ]. It can be killed by temperatures of 5c or lower[ 418 ]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,500 - 2,000mm, but tolerates 700 - 2,800mm[ 418 ].

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Container
To grow it in container, plant 'Cananga fruticosa', this is a dwarf variety of ylang ylang.
Additional
Cananga odorata is a tall tree growing typically up to a height of 30–70 feet but rarely up to a height of 100 feet. The entire, simple, 20 cm-long leaf is dark green, alternate, elliptic-oblong, slightly pubescent with a prominent midrib. The fruit is greenish-black in color initially turning to yellow on maturity.