An evergreen native vine that opens the season in gold.
Carolina jessamine keeps its glossy green leaves all year, then covers itself in fragrant yellow trumpet flowers in late winter and early spring, often the first color in the yard. It twines up fences, trellises and arbors to make a soft, fine-textured screen.
Choose Your Size
Starter plug — a rooted cutting about 4–8 in. tall. Available singly, as a 3-pack or as a 6-pack.
Potted young vine — about 8–14 in., with multiple shoots, ready to start climbing.
Shipping is included in the price. Sizes are approximate at the time of shipping; living plants vary with the season and the individual plant.
What Arrives
One rooted Carolina jessamine (or three or six, if you chose a pack)
A plant tag, so you always know what you planted
A quick-start care guide
Packed to arrive safely
About Carolina Jessamine
Botanical name: Gelsemium sempervirens
Type: evergreen native vine
Light: full sun to part shade. It grows in shade, but blooms less and gets thinner there.
Hardiness: zones 7–10
Climbs by: twining, so it needs a fence, trellis, wire or arbor to wrap around
Height: 10–20 ft on support
Blooms: fragrant yellow flowers, late winter to early spring
Safety Note
All parts of Carolina jessamine are poisonous if eaten. Plant it where young children and pets won’t chew on it, and keep it away from livestock grazing areas.
Where to Plant It
Sunny to part-shade fences and trellises
Arbors and entryways, where you’ll catch the fragrance
Mixed fence lines, on the brighter stretch beside a deep-shade vine like creeping fig
First-Year Care
Plant at the base of the support and wrap the first shoots around it.
Water deeply through the first growing season.
Mulch a ring a few inches deep.
Prune right after spring bloom to keep it full at the bottom.
Spacing: every 4–6 ft along a fence for full coverage.
Pairs Well With
Plant well. Live well.
An evergreen native vine that opens the season in gold.
Carolina jessamine keeps its glossy green leaves all year, then covers itself in fragrant yellow trumpet flowers in late winter and early spring, often the first color in the yard. It twines up fences, trellises and arbors to make a soft, fine-textured screen.
Choose Your Size
Starter plug — a rooted cutting about 4–8 in. tall. Available singly, as a 3-pack or as a 6-pack.
Potted young vine — about 8–14 in., with multiple shoots, ready to start climbing.
Shipping is included in the price. Sizes are approximate at the time of shipping; living plants vary with the season and the individual plant.
What Arrives
One rooted Carolina jessamine (or three or six, if you chose a pack)
A plant tag, so you always know what you planted
A quick-start care guide
Packed to arrive safely
About Carolina Jessamine
Botanical name: Gelsemium sempervirens
Type: evergreen native vine
Light: full sun to part shade. It grows in shade, but blooms less and gets thinner there.
Hardiness: zones 7–10
Climbs by: twining, so it needs a fence, trellis, wire or arbor to wrap around
Height: 10–20 ft on support
Blooms: fragrant yellow flowers, late winter to early spring
Safety Note
All parts of Carolina jessamine are poisonous if eaten. Plant it where young children and pets won’t chew on it, and keep it away from livestock grazing areas.
Where to Plant It
Sunny to part-shade fences and trellises
Arbors and entryways, where you’ll catch the fragrance
Mixed fence lines, on the brighter stretch beside a deep-shade vine like creeping fig
First-Year Care
Plant at the base of the support and wrap the first shoots around it.
Water deeply through the first growing season.
Mulch a ring a few inches deep.
Prune right after spring bloom to keep it full at the bottom.
Spacing: every 4–6 ft along a fence for full coverage.
Pairs Well With
Plant well. Live well.
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