Trachelospermum asiaticum
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- tray-kee-low-SPER-mum ay-see-AT-ih-kum
- Description
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Asian Star Jasmine is a, fast-growing bird-friendly plant that has beautiful fragrant flowers and its glossy green leaves give it year-round interest. As a groundcover it can grow 1 to 2 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide or take advantage of its twining habit and plant it where it can climb up if you would like to take advantage of its vining form. Plant it in full sun to partial shade in well-drained average to fertile soils with Prune it back in the early spring. This plant can be propagated by layering semi-hardwood stem cuttings.
It may be used in the front of the border, in planters, hanging baskets or as a ground cover on sloped areas. Take advantage of its sweet-smelling flowers by allowing it to twining up chain link fence, trellis, or arbor in back of some colorful lantana (Lantana camera). Use it as a groundcover with tall shrubs such as rose mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) or with the sword-like foliage of New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax).
This groundcover is moderately salt tolerant, drought tolerant, disease resistant and tolerates browsing by deer.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems.
- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Floricyle
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Bronze Beauty'
- 'Goshiki'
- 'Long Leaf'
- 'Snow N Summer'
- 'Snow Rose'
- 'Summer Sunset'
- 'Variegatum'
- 'Bronze Beauty'
- 'Bronze Beauty', 'Goshiki', 'Long Leaf', 'Snow N Summer', 'Snow Rose', 'Summer Sunset', 'Variegatum'
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Bronze Beauty'
- 'Goshiki'
- 'Long Leaf'
- 'Snow N Summer'
- 'Snow Rose'
- 'Summer Sunset'
- 'Variegatum'
- 'Bronze Beauty'
- 'Bronze Beauty', 'Goshiki', 'Long Leaf', 'Snow N Summer', 'Snow Rose', 'Summer Sunset', 'Variegatum'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Trachelospermum
- Species:
- asiaticum
- Family:
- Apocynaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Recommended Propagation Strategy:
- Layering
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- China, India, Japan and Korea
- Wildlife Value:
- Attracts songbirds.
- Climbing Method:
- Twining
- Dimensions:
- Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Vine
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Maintenance:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- High Organic Matter
- Loam (Silt)
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Alkaline (>8.0)
- Neutral (6.0-8.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Available Space To Plant:
- 3 feet-6 feet
- 6-feet-12 feet
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Cream/Tan
- Gold/Yellow
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Summer
- Flower Shape:
- Star
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Description:
- Creamy white clusters of fragrant flowers with a yellow tinge from late spring to early summer. Flowers are smaller than T. jasminoides.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Leaf Feel:
- Glossy
- Leathery
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Red/Burgundy
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Ovate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 1-3 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Glossy dark green simple, oppostice ovate to elliptical leaves 2 inches long with entire margins. In the fall leaves can turn red-bronze. They are smaller than T. jasminoides.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Description:
- Wiry, twining
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Container
- Hanging Baskets
- Patio
- Slope/Bank
- Vertical Spaces
- Woodland
- Landscape Theme:
- Cottage Garden
- Design Feature:
- Border
- Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Screen/Privacy
- Attracts:
- Songbirds
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Diseases
- Drought
- Heavy Shade
- Salt
