Confederate Jasmine

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14 years ago

The scent fills the entire house....wish it bloomed all year.

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jellybobelly
14 years ago
Wow. That is fantastic. I love the smell of jasmine and can just imagine how wonderful your house must smell.

Gave my neighbor a small confederate jasmine last weekend. I can hardly wait for it to grow up to be like yours.

How long do they bloom?
whgille
14 years ago
That is beautiful! I love the scent too.

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Sometimes things get confused due to lack of a scientific name. In my case, I speak of trachelospermum jasminoides, which is identified as being both confederate jasmine AND star jasmine. In the south it is referred to frequently as "confederate," and the USDA Plants data base shows it native to the entire states of Lousisiana and Florida, but does not show it as native to Alabama....which I consider as a slap to our southern heritage! :) It is also shown to be hardy to zone 8A at least. I do not think this particular trachelospermum is a true jasmine, it is more likely just a jasmine scented plant, thus they added the "jasminoides" to it, but I'm not a botanist or a horticulturist, so cannot speak for the intent in nomenclature. I would recommend checking on the scientific name of any plant, since anyone may mistakenly call a white blooming 5-petaled scented dark green vine a "star" jasmine because they think that is what it is. But trachelospermum jasminoides, AKA star jasmine, AKA confederate jasmine, is a pretty tough customer, and has endured the last two years of really cold winters here in Mobile (zone 8B) unprotected, although I must admit the plants were mature and huge, and did have a little bit of browning on a few outer leaves. Besides the 100 foot of these planted on my 7 foot tall privacy fence, they are just new last fall and have not grown that much (they take off and GO their second year), I also have these: The massive column of dark green is ONE PLANT of trachelospermum jasminoides, over 8 foot tall and about 4 foot in diameter plus many runners on the ground looking for things to wrap around and climb. It does not attach via platelets like ivy, it just twines and climbs: Here is that plant in full bloom ...ONE plant: And this is what that ONE PLANT looked like in April 2008, I think the 2nd spring after I planted it: after the second year, stand back, because it will be settled into its site and ready to reach for the skies!!
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Can you find and post a Scientific name and/ or a photograph or link that would show appearance. I have vines, sometimes called jasmine. One has smooth green leaves, pointed at the end, and is covered with buds that should bloom a single yellow in a few weeks. I think it is Gelsimum sempervirens. The other, I just got, blooms on bare green stems late in winter. Ithink that one is called jasminum nudiflorum. The plant does get leaves for the summer.I was looking for this plant, since I had seen it in an abandoned garden nearby many many years ago and wondered about a plant that bloomed so early in the year. I hope someone will correct me if I am mistaken. You should post your question in the vines forum, if you have not done so.
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annafl
14 years ago
I can almost smell it from here. Do you believe in aromatherapy?

Bamboo rabbit, I hope you saw my very late post on your last thread regarding your yummy recipes. Just a thank-you. I haven't tried the rabbit yet. I need to make a list of ingredients I need when I go to the grocery store. Thanks again.

Anna
coffeemom
14 years ago
It's one of my favorite fragrances. You know its spring when it starts to bloom. Ahhhhhhhh
scogebear
14 years ago
I've been thinking about planting this along a portion of my (4 foot high) chain link fence. Would like to get some thoughts on that, including if it is hard to keep in check, invasiveness and if it needs trimmed. Thanks!
fighting8r
14 years ago
I have a fence like that and I REALLY wish it bloomed longer. Love it!
Jellybobelly, sadly the blooming only lasts a few weeks. Although it is an attractive vine all the time (also used as groundcover).
Scogebear, I have a section of fence, 8 feet long, 6 feet high, covered in this stuff. There is a gate on one side and the house on the other so it cannot creep down the fence any further. Once in a great while I trim it if it tries to go up to where the cable goes into the house, but I would not say it is difficult to keep in check. That is the only trimming I do.
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14 years ago
jellybobelly.

They bloom for a few weeks. I planted mine and for two years they just sat there and grew slowly....the third year they took off, they have been in the ground just about 5 years and I believe I planted 6 to start with.

Anna,

Yes I saw it:) Forgive my slow reply as well as I was grouper fishing.

Scogebear,

It really is not invasive. There are elephant ears in front of the jasmine and they do touch each other but it does not even grow on the elephant ears. I do have to trim it each year a bit or it would grow across the roof.
goldenpond
14 years ago
sometimes something like an aggressive vine is needed! I have a phone pole in my 2 acre yard.
Right in the middle I might add .It was coated with that nasty smelling tar.
I tried various vines and the conf. jasmine did the trick!
tanya

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