Chinese Star Jasmine
Native to china japan and southeast asia star jasmine is a liana plantone that strives to climb vertical supports or other plants in order to reach sunlight.
Chinese star jasmine. Trachelospermum jasminoides potential height. Considered to be one of the best summer fragrance plants chinese star jasmine can be used as a scrambling ground cover if no support is given. Trachelospermum jasminoides is a species of flowering plant in the family apocynaceae native to eastern and southeastern asia japan korea southern china and vietnam. Slow growing to start with.
It is a versatile woody evergreen climber. Long 8 cm on wiry twining stems. Trachelospermum jasminoides is also known commonly by the names star jasmine and chinese ivy. This plant and the variegated cultivar variegatum have gained the royal horticultural societys.
It is considered to be a member of the apocynaceae dogbane family which also includes natal plum carissa macrocarpa frangipani plumeria spp and oleander nerium oleander. Chinese star jasmine. Trachelospermum asiaticum the chinese jasmine is not reliably hardy so needs winter protection or it can be grown indoors in a conservatory. Moderately fast growing once established up to 05myear.
Chinese star jasmine trachleospermum jasminoides is an evergreen climber with clusters of delicate star shaped highly fragranced flowers. Also called confederate jasmine star jasmine trachelospermum jasminoides is a vine that produces highly fragrant white blossoms that attract beesnative to china and japan it does very well in california and the southern us where it provides excellent ground cover and climbing decoration. Landscapers like to use this species as a ground cover because it rapidly fills large tracts of land in both the hottest sun and under the cool shade of deciduous trees. 5 to 8 metres where to grow chinese star jasmine.
Click here to follow our detailed guide on how to train jasmine espaliers. Partial sun and shade. It bears the typical jasmine scented cream. Star jasmine confederate jasmine chinese ivy chinese jasmine.
Trim in august before spring growth and again after flowering. When the soil begins to dry out. Chinese star jasmine 50mm pot. 2 to 30 long vines can be trained vertically or out as a ground cover.
Trachelospermum jasminoides the classic star jasmine is a woody evergreen climber with rich dark green leaves which turn bronze in winterthe scented white flowers appear from mid to late summer.