Star Jasmine Trachelospermum jasminoides
Other Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- tray-key-low-SPER-mum jaz-min-OY-deez
- Description
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An evergreen woody climbing perennial that is grown as a vine or sprawling shrub or in containers that are overwintered indoors. Where it is not winter hardy it is grown as an annual flower or it can be grown indoors as a houseplant. It has beautiful dark green foliage and white, fragrant flowers in spring. It is subject to winter kill to the ground when grown in full sun. It is tolerant of heavy shade. Star jasmine is in a different family (Apocynaceae) than the true jasmines in genus Jasminum (Oleaceae). This vine is moderately salt tolerant. Not cold hardy, utilized in the coastal plain, lower south or as interior landscape plant; several cultivar selections cited as more cold-hardy; prune after flowering; provide support; utilized on lattices, arbors, fences.
Wildlife Value: Flowers are attractive to bees. This plant is seldom damaged by deer.
Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: There are no serious insect or disease problems but watch for Japanese Beetles..
Quick ID
- Evergreen vine with opposite, entire leaves
- Flowers white, fragrant, salverform with pinwheel-like lobes
- Bruised twigs & petiole with white milky latex
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- See this plant in the following landscape:
- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Madison'
More cold hardy
- 'Madison'
- 'Madison'
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- Cultivars / Varieties:
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- 'Madison'
More cold hardy
- 'Madison'
- 'Madison'
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Trachelospermum
- Species:
- jasminoides
- Family:
- Apocynaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- Western & Southern Japan to Vietnam
- Wildlife Value:
- Flowers are attractive to bees. This plant is seldom damaged by deer.
- Play Value:
- Attractive Flowers
- Attracts Pollinators
- Fragrance
- Screening
- Climbing Method:
- Twining
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Ground Cover
- Houseplant
- Perennial
- Poisonous
- Vine
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Habit/Form:
- Spreading
- Growth Rate:
- Rapid
- Texture:
- Medium
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
- Soil Texture:
- Loam (Silt)
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Occasionally Dry
- NC Region:
- Coastal
- Piedmont
- USDA Plant Hardiness Zone:
- 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b
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Fruit:
- Fruit Color:
- Black
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Fall
- Fruit Description:
- Fruit a pair of elongated follicles.
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Gold/Yellow
- White
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Cyme
- Flower Value To Gardener:
- Fragrant
- Showy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Shape:
- Star
- Tubular
- Flower Petals:
- 4-5 petals/rays
- Flower Size:
- < 1 inch
- Flower Description:
- Creamy-white with slight yellowish-tinge, pungently sweet; calyx 5-lobed; corolla salverform, lobes 5, spreading, slightly twisted, overlapping to the right.
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Broadleaf Evergreen
- Leaf Color:
- Green
- Purple/Lavender
- Leaf Feel:
- Leathery
- Smooth
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Leaf Arrangement:
- Opposite
- Leaf Shape:
- Elliptical
- Lanceolate
- Leaf Margin:
- Entire
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Length:
- 3-6 inches
- Leaf Description:
- Opposite, simple, elliptic to oval-lanceolate, subacuminate, broadly cuneate to rotund, entire, glabrous; juvenile leaves bronze-purplish, becoming lustrous dark green, paler green below; venation with major veins a darker green; petiole very short, pubescent.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
- Stem Surface:
- Smooth (glabrous)
- Stem Description:
- Stems and shoots pubescent when young, becoming glabrous; latex milky.
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Coastal
- Container
- Houseplants
- Patio
- Recreational Play Area
- Vertical Spaces
- Landscape Theme:
- Children's Garden
- Garden for the Blind
- Pollinator Garden
- Design Feature:
- Screen/Privacy
- Attracts:
- Bees
- Pollinators
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Deer
- Salt
