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Star jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
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
Sun or shade
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 44°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -8°C
Waterlogging tolerance
1/5
Drought tolerance
4/5
Mature size
3–6 m tall, 2 m spread
Seasonal interest
Midsummer · White
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 3/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Slow to start; frost damage in cold winters.
Toxicity: mild
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lindl.) Lem.
- Family
- Apocynaceae (Gentianales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 3169713
Recorded as introduced in: Alabama, Arkansas, Belgium, Flemish Region, Florida, Madeira
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Trachelospermum jasminoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia (Japan, Korea, southern China and Vietnam). Common names include Confederate jasmine, star jasmine, Confederate jessamine, and Chinese star jessamine. This plant, and the variegated cultivar 'Variegatum', have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Description from Wikipedia — Trachelospermum jasminoides (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.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.