General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height: up to 17 feet (5 m)
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Layering
Division
Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Poet's Jasmine
  • Common Jasmine
  • Jessamine

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Date: c. 1800-05
illustration by P. J. Redouté from Duhamel's 'Traité des arbres
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: June 2009
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-07

Date: 2009-02-27
USDA
Location: my garden
Date: 2014 June
Bloomed sparsely under pines, but its wafting fragrance is treasu
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-09-28
It later turns black when ripe..
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-07

photo credit: B. Traeger
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2007-06-09

Photo courtesy of Brushwood Nursery

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-06-30
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