Pride of Augusta Jessamine – (Jasmine)

Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Pride of Augusta’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Vine

Height or Length at Maturity: 12’+

Width at Maturity: 2-4′
Spacing: 3-6′ apart on fences

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

Growth Rate: Fast to Very Fast

Flower Color: Bright Yellow
Flower Type: Double

Flower Size: 1 to 1.5″
Flowering Period: Mid-Spring, Early Summer, Some in Fall

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, Insects

Description

A rare and unique double-flowered version of the famous and ever-popular Carolina Jessamine, Pride of Augusta Jessamine produces LOADS of yellow, wonderfully fragrant, trumpet-shape flowers that cover the vines from late winter into spring with some flowering in fall. It is evergreen in USDA Zone 7b but may be semi-evergreen to deciduous in zones further north. Suitable for trellis, arbor, fences and walls, pergolas, or as a groundcover. Semi-evergreen to evergreen in mild-winter regions.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 12 feet or more in height or length and 2 to 4 feet wide, the Pride of Augusta Jasmine is ideal for use to climb along the tops of fences or over arbors and any other structure that provides support, such as a trellis, post or mailbox. It can also be useful as a ground cover for slopes or banks or to climb into smaller trees where early flowering is especially noticeable. A fine addition to yellow theme gardens, fragrance gardens, and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 3 to 6 feet apart on fences

Growing Preferences

Pride of Auguasta Jessamine is very easy to grow. It tolerates a wide range of soils, even somewhat boggy 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. USDA Zones 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to get advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Jessamine vines.

How To Plant & Care For Jessamine Vines

How To Train Vines To Grow On A Fence, Pole, Trellis Or Wall

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