Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
An evergreen vine with glossy leaves and clusters of intensely fragrant, star-shaped white flowers in late spring, lovely trained on a fence or trellis as a screen, or as a groundcover; plant it near a path to enjoy the scent. It's reliable and drought tolerant once settled. Prune only after flowering.
- Mature size
- 12 × 3.5 ft
- 3.5 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 8a–10b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Apr–May
Star Jasmine at its mature size
A mature Star Jasmine grows 3 to 20 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: NC State Extension, The Tree Center, San Marcos Growers.
Through the year
What Star Jasmine looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Jun–Mar
Glossy dark green leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Apr–May
Glossy leaves covered in white pinwheel flowers.
Photos
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Growing Star Jasmine
- Grows well in
- The Southeast, the Plains and Mountain West, the desert Southwest, and California.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Privacy screen, climber, deer resistant, fragrant, and fast growing
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Star Jasmine, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Star Jasmine in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other jasmines
Asiatic Jasmine
Star JasmineAll drawn to the same scale.