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Gelsemium sempervirens |
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Common name |
Carolina jasmine, false jessamine |
Family |
loganiaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial (Z7-9) |
Flowers |
yellow |
Size |
vine to 20' |
Light |
sun |
Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil, not too dry |
Evergreen vine with dense foliage of glossy-green leaves along wiry stems. The fragrant flowers appear in late winter to early spring. We planted ours along the fence behind our back yard, where it should get the sunshine it needs to thrive. We purchased ours in April when it was past its blooming prime. It bloomed no more that year, but it sure did a lot of growing, so that by the end of summer it was reaching for more support well above the fence and the trellis we gave it to climb on. It bloomed on the full vine in a nice show starting the next February. In the years since, it has become a vigorous contributor to the scene behind our pond, extending its reach bit by bit, and always an impressive mass of bloom in early spring.
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| Reaching for the sky in the September after planting |
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| In full bloom, early March of the following year |
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back fence border About my plant portraits
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