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Common jasmine

Jasminum officinale

Climate-suitable non-native

Growing guidance

Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.

Current-climate suitability

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Sun

Full sun

Soil moisture

average

Heat tolerance

Up to about 42°C

Cold tolerance

Down to about -10°C

Waterlogging tolerance

2/5

Drought tolerance

3/5

Mature size

4–8 m tall, 3 m spread

Seasonal interest

Summer · White

Maintenance

medium

Wildlife supported

General wildlife value 3/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)

Known risks or warnings

Needs regular thinning to avoid a bird's nest of stems.

Toxicity: none

Verified botanical record

Accepted scientific name: Jasminum officinale L.
Family: Oleaceae (Lamiales)
Rank and status: species · accepted
GBIF record: Taxon 3172261

Recorded as introduced in: Algeria, Anguilla, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse (Corsica), Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, England, France, Great Britain and 15 further regions

Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.

Jasminum officinale, known as the common jasmine or simply jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native to the Caucasus and parts of Asia, also widely naturalized. It is also known as summer jasmine, poet's jasmine, white jasmine, true jasmine or jessamine, and is particularly valued by gardeners throughout the temperate world for the intense fragrance of its flowers in summer. It is also the National flower of Pakistan.

Description from Wikipedia — Jasminum officinale (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.

Native status and geographic context

United Kingdom: climate-suitable
United States: climate-suitable
Australia: climate-suitable

Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.

Botanical Magazine · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where to buy

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Search Sarah Raven for Jasminum officinale
Perennials, bulbs and seed, delivered across the UK.
Search Farmer Gracy for Jasminum officinale
Bulbs and perennials shipped direct from Dutch growers.
Search Ashridge Nurseries for Jasminum officinale
Bare-root trees, hedging and fruit in the dormant season.
Search Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants for Jasminum officinale
Specialist hardy perennial nursery.
Search Marshalls Garden for Jasminum officinale
Fruit, vegetable plants and seed.

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Companion palettes

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Climate-resilient alternatives

Data sources

Taxonomy and native range: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Species description: Wikipedia — Jasminum officinale
Photograph: Botanical Magazine · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Growing guidance: Practitioner horticultural estimates pending expert review

Botanical record checked 2026-09-17 · growing guidance last reviewed 2026-06-01 · confidence high

Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.