White Jasmine
Mo li hua cha.
White jasmine. Common white jasmine or poets jasmine jasminum officinale is hardy throughout the midlands but questionable in the upstate. These fluffy white blossoms are extremely popular in hawaii for leis making and are commonly used to make jasmine tea as well. Jasminum parkeri dwarf jasmine. Jasminum polyanthum duo hua su xin the many flowered jasmine or pink jasmine is a species of flowering plant in the olive family oleaceae native to china and myanmar.
The flowers are put in machines that control temperature and humidity. A strong evergreen twining climber it is especially noted for its abundant highly fragrant pink to white flowers. When grown as a vine its arching branches have to be supported on an arbor or trellis. A mature white jasmine grows 20 to 30 feet with a 7 to 15 foot spread.
Jasmine tea is traditionally consumed in china where it is called jasmine flower tea. White jasmine blooms from spring until fall and goes into a rest period in october continuing through march.