Yellow Carolina Jasmine

Gelsemium sempervirens

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 7a-10b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 12’+

Width at Maturity: 2-3′
Spacing: 3-4′ apart to cover fences

Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Spreading/Trailing, Twining, Twisted Branching, Upright

Growth Rate: Fast to Very Fast

Flower Color: Bright Yellow
Flower Type: Single

Flower Size: 1 to 1.5″
Flowering Period: Late Winter, Early Spring

Fragrant Flowers: Yes!

Foliage Color: Deep Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade

Water Needs: Average, low when established

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Drainage: Well Drained

Soil pH: 5.5 – 8.0

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

A vigorous evergreen flowering vine that will grow or climb 10 feet or more in a relatively short period of time to cover fences, arbors, arches, mailboxes, posts, trellises and many other structures, Carolina Jasmine Vine, also called Carolina Jessamine, produces an abundance of very fragrant, trumpet-shaped, bright-yellow flowers in late winter to early spring. The lustrous dark green foliage develops a purple cast in winter.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 12 feet or more in length, and 2 to 4 feet wide, Carolina Jasmine is a ideal for use to climb along the top of fences, on a trellis, on a mailbox, over an arbor or any other structure that might benefit from or support the vine. It can also be useful as a ground cover for slopes or banks where it will sprawl and naturalize or to climb into smaller trees where early flowering is especially noticeable. A fine addition to fragrance gardens, yellow theme gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 6 feet apart on fences

Growing Preferences

Carolina Jasmine is very easy to grow. It tolerates a wide range of soils, however is also exceptionally drought tolerant. It prefers a moist, well-drained soil of average fertility. We have it growing in sunny and partially shaded sites and it does equally as well in both exposures.

Helpful Articles

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I ordered this plant hoping that it would not only survive, but join some older plants thriving on our privacy fence. What I received was a beautiful, healthy jasmine that I believe will surpass the older plants. The shipping was fast and the shipping container the best I’ve seen. I highly recommend this nursery.. Great job! Thanks!—————————Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG