Jasmine
Jasmine is one of the first plants that come to mind when one thinks of sweet fragrance. A single jasmine vine can perfume an entire room or garden.
- Winter Jasmine
- Common White Jasmine
- Showy Jasmine
- South African Jasmine
- Spanish Jasmine
- Italian Jasmine
- Primrose Jasmine
- Downy Jasmine
- Confederate Jasmine
- Asian Star Jasmine
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Description
Jasmine
Jasmine is one of the first plants that come to mind when one thinks of sweet fragrance. A single jasmine vine can perfume an entire room or garden. Not all jasmines are fragrant though, despite its commin name the fragrant Confederate or star jasmine is not a true jasmine at all, but a member of the genus Trachelospermum.
Common White Jasmine
Common white jasmine or poet’s jasmine is hardy throughout the Midlands, but questionable in the Upstate. Common jasmine grows to a height of 10-15 feet as a lanky semi-vining shrub. When grown as a vine, its arching branches have to be supported on an arbor or trellis. To grow it as a shrub requires frequent pruning. The very fragrant, white flowers are up to 1 inch in diameter and they are present all summer and into fall. The rich green leaves have five to nine leaflets, each up to 2 1/2 inches long. This plant is fast growing 12 to 24 inches per year. Plant jasmine near the house or near a walk so its intense fragrance can be enjoyed and so you can watch hummingbirds and butterflies come to the flowers. All jasmines prefer full sun to partial shade and a warm site. They grow well in regular garden soil with moderate levels of soil fertility and moisture. They need frequent pinching and shaping to control growth. Low-growing, shrubby kinds make good hedges. Jasmines bush out and should not be jammed together. Set them at least 8 feet apart in shrub borders. Containerized plants are best planted in the fall. Common jasmine is relatively problem free.
Winter Jasmine
Winter Jasmine is a deciduous viney shrub that grows to 4 feet high when unsupported and 7 feet wide. When trained on a trellis or wall it can grow to 15 feet tall. The slender green stems stand out in the winter landscape. It spreads by rooting where the stems touch the soil. It is also very attractive when planted above retaining walls, with the branches cascading over the sides. Its landscape use is a good bank cover. It spreads by rooting where the stems touch the soil. If plants become infested with spider mites, cut them to the ground after blooming and discard the infested plant material. Feed the crowns to stimulate new growth.
Showy Jasmine
Showy jasmine is not well known, but it is hardy through the lower Piedmont. It grows like winter jasmine, but holds most of its dark green foliage, showing off yellow, scentless, 1 inch flowers in April through June. Despite its common name, showy jasmine is grown more for its foliage than its flowers.
Other Jasminum Species
- South African Jasmine: Evergreen vine only hardy in costal areas
- Spanish Jasmine: semi-evergreen to deciduous vine has fragrant, white flowers.
- Italian Jasmine: Italian primrose is an evergreen shrub or vine which can reach up to 20 feet tall and arches to make a 10 foot wide mound. Clusters of fragrant, bright yellow flowers are present all summer.
- Primrose Jasmine: an evergreen shrub with yellow unscented flowers which are up to 2 inches in diameter.
- Downy Jasmine: has clustered white flowers that are not strongly scented. The stems and leaves have a downy coating resulting in an overall gray-green effect.
Confederate Jasmine
Confederate jasmine or star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is highly prized for its heavily scented clusters of phlox-like flowers which bloom on twining stems in spring and summer. It is hardy in Central and Coastal South Carolina, but tender in the Piedmont. When supported, the twining vine reaches up to 20 feet. Without support and with some tip-pinching, it is a spreading shrub or groundcover, 1 1/2 to 2 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide. The new leaves are glossy light green and mature leaves are lustrous dark green to 3 inches long. The 1-inch flowers appear in small clusters on short side branches and they are attractive to bees.
- Moderate to fast growing plant
- Prefers sun to partial shade
- Moist, but well-drained soil
- Tie stems to a fairly heavy support
- Vine will not climb masonry
- Additional plants may be propagated from stem cuttings
- Superior hardiness
- Relative problem free. Rabbits like to graze on this plant
Asian Star Jasmine
Native to Japan and Korea, Asian star jasmine is an excellent tough fast-growing groundcover in South Carolina. It has smaller darker leaves and smaller yellowish white flowers than the confederate jasmine. It is also more cold hardy than the latter.
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