Scientific Name: Jasminum polyanthum
Common Name: jasmine
Family Name: Oleaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Flowering pot plant, Vine or climber
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Twiggy
Form: Irregular
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Fragrance
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Panicle, White, Purple, Pink, Feb-Mar-Apr
Fruit: Berry (true), Blue, Black, Jun-Jul
Key ID Features:
Leaves odd pinnate, 5-7(-9) leaflets, lanceolate, most 6-10cm long x 1.5-3cm wide; flowers 2-3cm wide, highly fragrant, 5 white petals forming a long corolla tube, pink pointed buds.