Overview

Bring timeless elegance and verdant beauty to your landscape with the Asian Jasmine live plant, offered here in a convenient 4 Inch Pot. Known botanically as Trachelospermum asiaticum, this highly adaptable evergreen vine is a favorite among gardeners for its dense, glossy foliage and low-maintenance nature. Perfect for creating a lush carpet of green, climbing trellises, or spilling gracefully from containers, the Asian Jasmine groundcover offers year-round visual appeal. Its delicate, star-shaped flowers, though subtle, release a sweet, alluring fragrance, particularly in warmer climates. Whether you’re looking to suppress weeds, add texture to your garden beds, or simply enjoy a resilient and attractive plant, this specimen is an excellent choice for a variety of outdoor settings.

Our Asian Jasmine live plant is carefully cultivated to ensure a healthy start in your garden. It arrives ready to plant, providing an instant upgrade to your outdoor space. Its robust growth habit and tolerance for various conditions make it suitable for both experienced gardeners and beginners alike. Embrace the beauty and practicality of Trachelospermum asiaticum, a plant that promises to transform your garden with its enduring charm and effortless grace.

Key Benefits

The Asian Jasmine live plant offers a multitude of advantages for any landscape. Its versatility and resilience make it a standout choice for various gardening needs, providing both aesthetic appeal and practical solutions.

• Excellent Groundcover: With its dense, spreading habit, Asian Jasmine groundcover effectively suppresses weeds and prevents soil erosion, creating a neat and attractive carpet of green in your garden beds.
• Year-Round Evergreen Foliage: Enjoy lush, glossy green leaves throughout all seasons. This evergreen nature ensures continuous beauty, even during colder months, providing consistent visual interest to your landscape.
• Fragrant Blooms: While small, the delicate, star-shaped white to yellow flowers of Trachelospermum asiaticum emit a wonderfully sweet and subtle fragrance, particularly noticeable on warm evenings, adding an aromatic dimension to your outdoor space.
• Versatile Landscaping Use: Beyond groundcover, this plant can be trained to climb trellises, fences, or walls, creating beautiful vertical accents. It also thrives in containers, making it a flexible option for patios and balconies.
• Low Maintenance & Drought Tolerant: Once established, the Asian Jasmine live plant is remarkably low-maintenance, requiring minimal watering and care. Its drought tolerance makes it an ideal choice for water-wise gardening.
• Deer Resistant: This plant is generally unappealing to deer, offering a reliable landscaping solution in areas where deer browsing is a concern, helping to protect your garden investments.
• Adaptable to Various Light Conditions: Thrives in full sun to partial shade, making it suitable for a wide range of garden exposures and allowing for greater flexibility in planting locations.

Plant Care & Growing Tips

Caring for your Asian Jasmine live plant is straightforward, making it an excellent choice for gardeners of all skill levels. To ensure vigorous growth and a healthy display, consider the following guidelines. This plant is quite adaptable, but providing optimal conditions will yield the best results. The dwarf jasmine plant variety is particularly suited for smaller spaces or containers, while the standard form can spread extensively.

For sunlight, Trachelospermum asiaticum performs best in full sun to partial shade. In hotter climates, some afternoon shade can protect the foliage from scorching. Aim for at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight daily for optimal flowering and dense growth. When it comes to watering, newly planted jasmine requires consistent moisture to establish its root system. Once established, it becomes quite drought tolerant, needing water only during prolonged dry spells or when the top few inches of soil feel dry to the touch. Avoid overwatering, as this can lead to root rot. Well-draining soil is crucial; a sandy loam or a rich, well-amended garden soil with good drainage is ideal. The plant tolerates a range of soil pH, from slightly acidic to slightly alkaline.

The Asian Jasmine live plant is hardy in USDA zones 7-10, tolerating temperatures down to about 0°F (-18°C) once mature. In colder zones, it can be grown as an annual or overwintered indoors. Fertilize in early spring with a balanced, slow-release granular fertilizer formulated for evergreen shrubs and vines. Pruning is generally done to control spread or shape the plant; it can be cut back aggressively if needed. Watch out for common pests like spider mites or mealybugs, especially in dry conditions, and treat with horticultural oil or insecticidal soap if necessary. The robust nature of this fragrant jasmine vine makes it a resilient addition to most gardens.

Size & Details

This offering includes one healthy Asian Jasmine live plant, cultivated in a 4 Inch Pot, ready for immediate planting. At the time of shipping, plants typically stand between 4-8 inches tall, with a well-developed root system, ensuring a strong start in your garden. This evergreen vine is known for its moderate to fast growth rate, quickly establishing itself to provide excellent groundcover or climbing foliage. When mature, it can spread up to 6-10 feet as groundcover or climb up to 20 feet if given support. The dense foliage consists of small, oval, glossy green leaves that maintain their color year-round.

Expect subtle, highly fragrant, star-shaped white to creamy-yellow flowers to appear in late spring to early summer, adding a delightful aroma to your garden space. This plant ships as a fully rooted, actively growing specimen in its nursery pot, providing a seamless transition to your landscape or container. The Asian Jasmine live plant is a long-lived perennial, offering many years of beauty and benefit with proper care.

Frequently Asked Questions

• Q: How big does this Asian Jasmine live plant get? A: As groundcover, the Asian Jasmine live plant can spread 6-10 feet wide, forming a dense mat. If given vertical support, it can climb up to 20 feet tall, making it a versatile choice for various garden designs.
• Q: What size pot does it come in? A: This particular offering is for an Asian Jasmine live plant grown in a 4 Inch Pot, which is a perfect size for transplanting into your garden or a larger container.
• Q: Is this an indoor or outdoor plant? A: The Asian Jasmine live plant is primarily an outdoor plant, performing best in garden beds or outdoor containers. In colder climates (below USDA Zone 7), it can be brought indoors during winter as a temporary houseplant.
• Q: How much sunlight does it need? A: This plant thrives in full sun to partial shade. For optimal growth and flowering, aim for at least 4-6 hours of direct sunlight daily, though it will tolerate more shaded conditions, especially in hot climates.
• Q: Is this plant easy to care for? A: Yes, the Asian Jasmine live plant is considered very easy to care for. Once established, it is drought-tolerant and requires minimal maintenance, making it suitable for beginners and busy gardeners.
• Q: What condition will it arrive in? A: Your Asian Jasmine live plant will arrive as a healthy, actively growing, and fully rooted specimen in its 4 Inch Pot, carefully packaged to ensure its safe journey to your home.
• Q: Is this a fragrant jasmine vine? A: Yes, Trachelospermum asiaticum is indeed a fragrant jasmine vine. Its small, star-shaped flowers, though subtle, release a sweet and pleasant scent, especially noticeable during warm evenings.
• Q: When is the best time to plant Asian Jasmine? A: The best time to plant your Asian Jasmine live plant is in spring or fall, allowing it ample time to establish before extreme summer heat or winter cold. However, with proper care, it can be planted any time of year.
• Q: Will it survive winter in my zone? A: The Asian Jasmine live plant is hardy in USDA Zones 7-10. If you are in a colder zone, you may need to provide winter protection or grow it in a container that can be moved indoors.
• Q: What is the difference between Asian Jasmine and regular Jasmine? A: Asian Jasmine groundcover (Trachelospermum asiaticum) is distinct from common jasmine (Jasminum officinale) or star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides). While all are fragrant, Asian Jasmine typically has smaller leaves, a denser growth habit, and is often used more for groundcover, whereas other jasmines are more commonly grown as climbing vines with larger, more showy flowers.