Star Jasmine | 10 Live Plants | Trachelospermum Jasminoides | Fragrant Blooming Evergreen Vine

A beautiful vine prized for its very fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers, and blanket of thick, dark green foliage. Plant near a patio, terrace or entry where the fragrance can be enjoyed. In frost-free areas, train on posts, walls or trellises, or allow to trail along as a groundcover. A warm region evergreen; a superb summer container plant for colder regions. Here is an excellent trellised or espaliered vine. Use in a pot with smaller plants or plant as an evergreen groundcover under tall trees. Water regularly, weekly, or more often in extreme heat or containers. Grows easily in average soils. Water deeply, regularly during first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Tolerates dry spells, once established. As a vine, provide support such as a trellis or arbor. As a groundcover, space plants 5 ft. apart, or closer for faster coverage. Control weeds with mulch until plants fill in. This evergreen vine has an abundance of small, white blooms throughout spring and summer. Lustrous, large dark-green foliage grows on long, thin branches reaching 20 feet in length and 12-18 inches in depth as ground cover. Ideally used as a ground cover and vine on a trellis, tree, fence, porch or wall. This evergreen needs a regular water schedule to ensure the growth of a mature root system. Be sure to keep the soil moist or blooming will cease. After the mature root system is established, watering is needed occasionally, except during a drought, watering is needed regularly. Prune annually to control size.