Star Jasmine Shrub
Star jasmine is best planted in spring or fall with enough time to settle in before the below freezing temps hit.
Star jasmine shrub. Star jasmine is best propagated by stem cuttings in the summer. Common names include confederate jasmine southern jasmine star jasmine confederate jessamine and chinese star jasmine. If youre using a trellis carefully wind the vines up the trellis to help it climb. If youre looking for advice on winter.
Plant the star jasmine in its new container filling in the empty spaces with fresh soil. This plant adapts well to both heat cold. Star jasmine or false jasmine is a very beautiful fragrant climbing vine that blooms all summer long. This plant and the variegated cultivar variegatum have gained the royal horticultural societys.
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. Name trachelospermum jasminoides family apocynceae or dogbane type climbing shrub height 16 feet 5 m exposure full sun soil well drained foliage evergreen flowering june to october. 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. Its hardy to zone 8 can take temperatures down to 10 15 degrees f.
It is possibly the strongest scented plant in the world as its scent can reach up to 200 300 feet. Summary of star jasmine facts. A notable example is the star jasmine trachelospermum jasminoides usually known as star jasmine or confederate jasmine which is actually a relative of oleander. The tubular white yellow flowers of this plant open during nighttime and spill a heady fragrance in the atmosphere.