Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Beautiful evergreen vine prized for its very fragrant, star shaped white flowers. Train on posts, walls or trellises, or use as a fast growing groundcover. Good container plant in cold climates.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | trak-ee-lo-SPERM-um jas-min-OY-deez |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant types: | Vine - Requires Support, Groundcover |
| Garden styles: | Cottage, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Twining stems 18 to 20 ft. long. Reaches 1 to 2 ft. tall as a groundcover. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Espalier, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Seacoast Exposure, Specimen, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring into summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7005 |
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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
Here is an excellent trellised or espaliered vine. Use in a pot with smaller plants or plant as an evergreen groundcover under tall trees.
Beautiful evergreen vine prized for its very fragrant, star shaped white flowers. Train on posts, walls or trellises, or use as a fast growing groundcover. Good container plant in cold climates.
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
Here is an excellent trellised or espaliered vine. Use in a pot with smaller plants or plant as an evergreen groundcover under tall trees.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | trak-ee-lo-SPERM-um jas-min-OY-deez |
| Key feature: | Fragrant |
| Plant types: | Vine - Requires Support, Groundcover |
| Garden styles: | Cottage, Tropical |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 8 - 11 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Twining stems 18 to 20 ft. long. Reaches 1 to 2 ft. tall as a groundcover. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Flower attributes: | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Easy Care |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Container, Espalier, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Seacoast Exposure, Specimen, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring into summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 7005 |
