{"title":"Jasminum (Jasmines)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the true jasmines, the olive-family climbers and scramblers whose name has been borrowed by half a dozen unrelated plants precisely because the scent is worth stealing. \u003cem\u003eJasminum officinale\u003c\/em\u003e, the poet's jasmine, and the large-flowered \u003cem\u003egrandiflorum\u003c\/em\u003e, the Spanish jasmine of perfumery, hang the warm evening with a fragrance you catch mid-stride before you find the source. Site a plant near a door, or a window left open on a June night, and the whole house will know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot every jasmine trades on perfume. \u003cem\u003eJasminum nudiflorum\u003c\/em\u003e, the winter jasmine, spends no scent at all and instead throws bare yellow stars along green whips in the dead of the cold season, when almost nothing else will. The group runs from twining vines to loose, arching shrubs, most of them quick, forgiving, and happy to clothe a fence or spill down a bank.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jasminum-nudiflorum","title":"Jasminum nudiflorum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum nudiflorum, the winter jasmine, is the great cold-weather bloomer of the genus, a deciduous scrambling shrub from western China that opens bright yellow, six-petaled flowers on bare green stems in the depth of winter, often from January into March, long before the leaves return. The name says as much: nudiflorum, the naked-flowering jasmine, blooming on stripped, leafless wands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the perfumed white jasmines, winter jasmine is scentless, trading fragrance for the far rarer gift of color in the coldest, barest weeks of the year. The arching green stems spread from a central crown and root where they touch the ground, so the plant makes an easy cascade over a wall or bank, a loose mound in the open, or, tied to a support, an informal climber. In China the flower is beloved as yingchun, the one that welcomes spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat Chinese name carries more than sentiment. Winter jasmine, yingchun, has a long place in traditional Chinese medicine, where the leaves and flowers were used to cool fevers and inflammation and, applied externally, to treat cuts, bruises, swellings, and wounds, and were sometimes brewed as a tea. Modern phytochemical work has found antioxidant and antibacterial compounds in the plant, though the research is still early. This is traditional-use and early-research information, shared for interest only, and not medical advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinter jasmine is one of the toughest and easiest of the clan, hardy to zone 6, thriving in ordinary soil in sun or part shade, and asking only a hard cut every few years to renew the tangle of stems. Use the plant to spill down a slope or retaining wall, to cover a bank as a groundcover, to soften a fence, or trained up a trellis for a winter show. Full sun brings the heaviest bloom; plant where the yellow flowers can be seen from indoors in the cold months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057901637747,"sku":"JASM-NUDI-01G","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-423.jpg?v=1720139092"},{"product_id":"jasminum-beesianum","title":"Jasminum beesianum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum beesianum, the red jasmine or Bee's jasmine, breaks the mold of a genus known for white and yellow flowers. This vigorous, semi-evergreen twining climber from the mountains of Yunnan and Sichuan carries small, star-shaped blooms in a deep rose to velvet-red, an unusual color among the jasmines, softly and sweetly fragrant, opening in late spring over slender stems and small, pointed green leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe red flowers are followed by shining black berries, another departure from the familiar jasmines, and the plant climbs and scrambles readily up a fence, trellis, or arbor, or tumbles down a bank, building a dense tangle of fine stems in a season. Named for the Bees Ltd. nursery that introduced many Chinese plants to Western gardens in the early twentieth century, red jasmine remains an uncommon and collectible vine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive red jasmine a support and full sun to part shade, in ordinary well-drained soil, and the vine grows quickly and flowers freely. Hardy to about zone 7, the plant takes light frost but appreciates a sheltered spot in the colder end of the range, and can be cut back after flowering to keep it in bounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse red jasmine on a trellis, arbor, fence, or pergola near a path or seating area where the rosy, fragrant flowers can be enjoyed at close range, or let the vine cascade over a wall or bank. Pair with white or yellow jasmines for a run of contrasting color and scent, or grow among other flowering climbers. The late-spring bloom and unusual red color make the plant a fine conversation piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlower photo courtesy of Tom Christian.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057901932659,"sku":"JASM-BEES-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/jasminum-beesianum-TomChristian.jpg?v=1725730729"},{"product_id":"jasminum-polyanthum","title":"Jasminum polyanthum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum polyanthum, the pink jasmine or Chinese jasmine, is the most floriferous of the group, a fast, evergreen twining vine that smothers a support in late winter and spring with clouds of intensely fragrant white flowers opening from deep pink buds. Native to China, the plant is beloved wherever winters are mild for the sheer volume of bloom and a perfume strong enough to fill a garden or a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pink of the name is in the buds: tight rosy buds cover the vine and open to a starry mass of white, so the plant reads pink one week and white the next, all of it heavily scented. Bloom comes early, often in late winter, when little else is in flower, and a single well-grown vine can carry thousands of flowers at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePink jasmine is tender, hardy to about zone eight, and where winters are colder is grown as a conservatory or greenhouse vine or a houseplant on a hoop, moved outdoors for the warm months. Given a support, full sun to part shade, and ordinary well-drained soil, the plant grows vigorously and needs regular pruning after flowering to stay in bounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow pink jasmine where the late-winter fragrance can be enjoyed at close range: on a trellis, arch, fence, or pergola near a door or window, spilling over a warm wall, or trained on a hoop in a large pot. The early flood of bloom makes a fine cool-season show, and the scent is unmistakable. Cut back hard after flowering, since the vine grows fast and blooms on the previous season's wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057902096499,"sku":"JASM-POLY-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-831.jpg?v=1720139107"},{"product_id":"jasminum-officinale","title":"Jasminum officinale","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum officinale, also known as white jasmine, is a climbing vine with delicate white blooms. This plant grows well in southern zones and performs best in full sun with support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fragrant jasmine spreads by twining and produces scented flowers during the warmer months. The green, compound leaves provide consistent coverage throughout the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGardeners value this jasmine vine for the strong scent and compact form. These vines grow well near trellises, fences, or open frames where airflow is present, and suit gardens where scent and vertical interest are desired.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057902194803,"sku":"JASM-OFFI-01G","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-830.jpg?v=1720139116"},{"product_id":"jasminum-sp","title":"Jasminum sp.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome plants arrive at the nursery already wearing a mystery, and this jasmine is one of them. The stock was gathered high on a mountain pass above the White Water River in northwestern Yunnan, at roughly ten thousand feet, in the tumbled country of travertine terraces and snow peaks near Baishuitai that the Naxi people hold sacred. The collector, hedging as any honest collector will, noted only that this was probably a scandent shrub, and that guarded phrase is still the truest thing anyone can say about the plant's habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJasminum belongs to Oleaceae, the olive family, in the good company of lilac, forsythia, and privet, a genus of roughly two hundred species scattered across warm Eurasia and Africa. The name travels almost unchanged from the Persian yasmin, carried west through Arabic and Old French before Linnaeus set the word in Latin. Scandent is the botanist's term for a plant that leans and clambers rather than truly twines, and many of the hardy Asian jasmines live exactly this way, arching through neighboring shrubs on long green wands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat color the flowers will be is the open question, and we would rather say so than pretend. High-elevation Yunnan holds jasmines of both persuasions: the white, powerfully fragrant climbers of the Jasminum officinale group, recorded as high as four thousand meters, and the yellow, faintly scented or scentless scrambling shrubs of the group once called Chrysojasminum, among them the widespread Jasminum humile. Because this collection reads as a scrambling shrub rather than a twining vine, a small yellow flower is the likelier outcome, though white has not been ruled out until the plant chooses to bloom. Anyone hoping for the classic jasmine perfume should know that fragrance belongs chiefly to the white species, so we make no promises on that front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the collector of rare woody plants, the appeal is exactly the gamble. Wild seed and cuttings from three thousand meters in Yunnan should carry real cold tolerance, and we expect the plant to prove comfortable in USDA zones 7 through 9, perhaps colder once tested. Give the jasmine full sun to part shade and sharp drainage, a wall or an old shrub to lean into, and the patience to let a wild thing declare itself. Grow this one for the pleasure of watching an unnamed mountain jasmine settle into a Southern garden, and for the small thrill of being among the first to learn what it is.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057902489715,"sku":"JASM-SPEC-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"jasminum-x-stephanense","title":"Jasminum x stephanense","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum x stephanense, the Stephan jasmine, is the rare pink-flowered hybrid of the group, a cross between the red jasmine, Jasminum beesianum, and the poet's jasmine, Jasminum officinale. The vigorous, semi-evergreen scrambling vine carries small, soft pink, fragrant flowers over slender stems clothed in fine pinnate leaves, combining the pink of one parent with the hardiness and perfume of the other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hybrid was raised in France, and, remarkably, has also been found growing wild in western China where the two parent species meet, a natural and garden cross arrived at twice over. Seldom seen in American gardens, Stephan jasmine remains a collector's plant. Hillier's Manual of Trees and Shrubs notes that this is a beautiful plant where space permits its full development, such as when covering an outbuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe appeal is the color and the scent together: soft pink jasmine flowers are uncommon, and these carry a genuine fragrance over a long late-spring and summer season. The plant is vigorous and wants room, scrambling readily up a fence, over a wall, or through a large shrub, building a dense, fine-textured tangle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive Stephan jasmine a substantial support and room to run, a large trellis, an arbor, a fence, or an old outbuilding to cover, in full sun to part shade and well-drained soil. Site the vine where the pink flowers and fragrance can be enjoyed, and prune after flowering to keep the vigorous growth in bounds. Pair with white or red jasmines for a run of jasmine color and scent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057902588019,"sku":"JASM-STEP-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-832.jpg?v=1720139125"},{"product_id":"jasminum-officinale-var-grandiflorum","title":"Jasminum officinale var. grandiflorum","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum officinale var. grandiflorum, the Spanish or Royal jasmine, is the large-flowered, intensely fragrant jasmine of perfume and tradition, a semi-evergreen twining vine that opens clusters of pure white, star-shaped flowers whose scent is among the most prized in the plant world. Larger-flowered and more tender than the common poet's jasmine, this is the plant behind jasmine absolute, the costly essence at the heart of classic perfumery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Spanish jasmine carries a long cultural and medicinal history. Known in India as jati or chameli, the flowers hold a central place in Ayurveda, valued as bitter and astringent, and used traditionally for wounds, skin complaints, and ulcers of the mouth, and as a calming, mood-lifting fragrance. The blossoms scent temples, garlands, teas, and oils across South Asia and the Mediterranean, where the plant has been grown and traded for centuries. This is traditional-use information, shared for interest only, and not medical advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs garden plants go, Spanish jasmine wants warmth. The vine thrives in zone nine and can be carried through zone eight with shelter and a protected wall, and elsewhere is often grown in a greenhouse or a large pot moved under cover for winter. Give the plant a support, full sun to light shade, and well-drained soil, and it climbs and flowers freely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrow Spanish jasmine where the extraordinary fragrance can be enjoyed: on a trellis, arbor, or pergola beside a door, window, or seat, spilling over a warm wall, or in a container on a terrace. The white flowers show against dark foliage and glow at dusk, and a single plant can perfume a courtyard. Pair with other fragrant plants for an evening garden, and bring the pot indoors where winters are hard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42057902653555,"sku":"JASM-OFFI-VAR-GRAN-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/DETA-1888.jpg?v=1720139128"},{"product_id":"jasminum-fiona-sunrise","title":"Jasminum officinale 'Fiona Sunrise'","description":"\u003cp\u003eJasminum officinale, the poet's jasmine, is the classic hardy jasmine of old gardens, a vigorous twining vine hung with intensely fragrant white flowers through summer. 'Fiona Sunrise' is a gold-leaved form of that familiar plant, raised at Fromefield Nursery in England and registered under the cultivar name 'Frojas': the new leaves emerge a bright chartreuse-gold, lighting a trellis or fence, and soften to green as the season goes on, while the sweetly scented white flowers open from late spring into summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plant reached Woodlanders by a roundabout path. Bob McCartney first spotted a golden-leaved jasmine in a flush of chartreuse at Brent and Becky's Bulbs in Gloucester, Virginia, and called it simply 'Golden,' only to find that the selection had already been named 'Fiona Sunrise' across the Atlantic. The name carries a happy coincidence for Woodlanders, whose current steward is a Fiona herself, bringing a fresh glow to a nursery of rare and remarkable plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGold foliage is the draw, but 'Fiona Sunrise' keeps every virtue of the poet's jasmine: fast, graceful, twining growth, and white flowers that release their perfume most strongly in the evening air. Grown against dark evergreens or beside purple-leaved companions, the bright leaves gleam; grown near a door, window, or seat, the evening fragrance carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive 'Fiona Sunrise' a support and full sun to part shade in well-drained soil, and room to climb a trellis, arbor, fence, or pergola. The plant grows quickly and can be trained and pinched through the season to hold a shape. Site the vine where the gold foliage brightens a dull corner and the summer flowers can be enjoyed at close range.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodlanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43089753866355,"sku":"JASM-OFFI-FION-SUNR-01G","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/7505\/5987\/files\/JasminumspGoldenWoodlanders1.jpg?v=1748474447"}],"url":"https:\/\/woodlanders.net\/collections\/jasminum.oembed","provider":"Woodlanders","version":"1.0","type":"link"}