Asian Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum
Vigorous twining or sprawling vine displays small, fragrant creamy-yellow flowers. An effective groundcover, or give it support to climb fence, trellis, arbor. Good in cascading planters. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | trak-ee-lo-SPERM-um ay-shi-AT-i-kum |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant types: | Vine - Requires Support, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | As a groundcover; 1 to 2 ft. high, spreading to 10 to 12 ft. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Mass Planting, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7000 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 5 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
This is a fine, quick-growing groundcover that may be used in the front of the border, to fill difficult sized planters or as coverage on banks and slopes. Exceptional for twining up chain link fence, trellis narrow balustrades and into pickets.
Companion Plants
Use as a groundcover with tall shrubs such as Confederate Rose Mallow (Hibiscus mutalbilis 'Rubrus') or with the sword-like foliage of Bronze New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum'). Train on a trellis or wall in back of Miss Huff Hardy Lantana (Lantana camara 'Miss Huff').
History
This genus is classified into the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Philip von Siebold may have been the first westerner to see this plant in Japan while stationed there for the Dutch East India Company from 1826 to 1830. However, this species is also native to Korea.
Lore
Despite its common name, this is not a true jasmine but does bear potently similar fragrance.
Vigorous twining or sprawling vine displays small, fragrant creamy-yellow flowers. An effective groundcover, or give it support to climb fence, trellis, arbor. Good in cascading planters. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 5 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. Pruning time: early spring.
Design Ideas
This is a fine, quick-growing groundcover that may be used in the front of the border, to fill difficult sized planters or as coverage on banks and slopes. Exceptional for twining up chain link fence, trellis narrow balustrades and into pickets.
Companion Plants
Use as a groundcover with tall shrubs such as Confederate Rose Mallow (Hibiscus mutalbilis 'Rubrus') or with the sword-like foliage of Bronze New Zealand Flax (Phormium tenax 'Atropurpureum Compactum'). Train on a trellis or wall in back of Miss Huff Hardy Lantana (Lantana camara 'Miss Huff').
History
This genus is classified into the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. Philip von Siebold may have been the first westerner to see this plant in Japan while stationed there for the Dutch East India Company from 1826 to 1830. However, this species is also native to Korea.
Lore
Despite its common name, this is not a true jasmine but does bear potently similar fragrance.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | trak-ee-lo-SPERM-um ay-shi-AT-i-kum |
| Key feature: | Easy Care Plant |
| Plant types: | Vine - Requires Support, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | As a groundcover; 1 to 2 ft. high, spreading to 10 to 12 ft. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Mass Planting, Seacoast Exposure, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7000 |
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