Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
📖 About this plant
An elegant evergreen twining vine that produces clusters of intensely fragrant, star-shaped white flowers throughout spring and early summer. The glossy, dark green leaves often take on bronze-red tints in winter, providing year-round visual interest. One of the most versatile landscape vines — excellent on trellises, walls, ground cover, and in containers. The sweet jasmine-like fragrance can perfume an entire garden.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Full sun to partial shade (5-7 hrs)
Every 1-2 weeks
Moderate (40-60%)
10-30°C
Well-draining, fertile loam enriched with compost; tolerates slightly alkaline soils; pH 6.0-7.5
Balanced slow-release fertilizer (10-10-10) in early spring; light liquid feeding in mid-summer supports continued flowering
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- East Asia — China, Japan, Korea
- 📏 Max height
- 200-400 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 100-300 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Dark Green
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to pets and humans; sap may cause mild skin irritation in sensitive individuals
- 🌱 Propagation
- Semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer, layering of low stems, or softwood cuttings with rooting hormone
🛡️ Health & Safety
Non-toxic to pets and humans; sap may cause mild skin irritation in sensitive individuals
Common issues
- Slow to establish in the first year
- Susceptible to scale insects and sooty mold
- Leaf drop and cold damage below -5°C
💡 Care tips
- Intensely fragrant white star-shaped flowers in summer
- Can be trained as a vine or grown as a sprawling ground cover
- Drought-tolerant once established in the landscape
- Prune after flowering to maintain desired shape
