JASMINUM MAGNIFICUM

SKU: JAMA

Price: $3.95

Angelwing jasmine is an evergreen or semi-evergreen vine or shrub with sweetly fragrant, snow-white, pinwheel shaped flowers to almost 2" across. The flowers start out as purplish buds and retain some pinkish-purple on the calyx. They bloom at night from late spring and throughout the summer. This is a fast-growing, twining vine, that becomes woody with age. It can grow to 20 ft (6.1 m) long but in the garden is often trimmed as a bushy shrub that gets little more than 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m) tall. Angelwing jasmine is one of the most popular landscaping shrubs in south Florida. It responds very well to heavy pruning. Use it in hedges, as a foundation plant, or as a shrubby ground cover. Angelwing jasmine is best as a rather loose, informal shrub, since it needs a lot of pruning to keep it compact. Angelwing jasmine also makes a fine container plant. Use it in a planter box on the deck or near the home entrance where its intense sweet fragrance can be appreciated. Allowed to climb, angelwing jasmine can be used to cover a fence or trellis. It has moderate salt tolerance and is adaptable to most any soil. Full sun to almost full sun. Angelwing jasmine doesn't do well in shade. Needs regular watering, especially during the growing season. USDA Zones 10 - 11. Angelwing jasmine is frost-tender. It can be grown with winter protection in zone 9. In Zone 8 it freezes to the ground. If mulched the vine will regrow in the Spring and flower by late summer.