Jasmine Vine Varieties
The plant can be grown as a shrub or vine.
Jasmine vine varieties. Italian jasmine is an evergreen plant that grows in a large sprawling shrub like habit while spanish jasmine is a deciduous climbing vine. The most common types of jasmine are vines but there are some varieties that you can grow as shrubs or ground covers. There are more than 200 species of flowering shrubs and woody climbing vines in the jasminum genus. The flowers have a faded pink shade and complement the intense scent of the plant.
The plant often known as false jasmine yellow jasmine or evening trumpet flower gelsemium sempervirens is a common garden specimen that is notably toxicthis climbing plant which has yellow flowers and resembles climbing forms of jasmine contains strychnine related alkaloids that can cause effects ranging from skin irritation to convulsions and death. Its strong fragrance is different than jasmine like vanilla. The vine is evergreen in frost free areas but semi evergreen and deciduous in cooler areas. They are prized for their fragrant blossoms often used to make perfumes.
Sambac is an evergreen shrub with intensely fragrant flowers.