{"id":9470,"date":"2018-02-17T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T17:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2017-12-17T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-17T23:47:20","slug":"winter-blooming-winter-jessamine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/02\/17\/winter-blooming-winter-jessamine\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Blooming Winter Jessamine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Butterscotch’ at Atlanta Botanical Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bright yellow tubular flowers of jessamine<\/p><\/div>\n

Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens<\/em>) is one of the most beautiful native vines in\u00a0the South (USDA Zones 6 to 9). In February and March, its bright yellow flowers are commonly seen growing along roadsides in the Southeastern U.S. It is frequently mistaken for forsythias a shrub that rarely blooms in winter.<\/p>\n

Vines grow vigorously, 20 feet or more if not pruned. Gardeners may choose to rein a jessamine into a 3-4 foot tall shrubby vine covering only 3-5 square feet of ground. Its annual growth rate is 12-15 inches in average soil and no irrigation and a lot more aggressively in rich soil and adequate watering.<\/p>\n

From February to April, sweetly scented golden yellow flowers blanket the cascading, fine textured foliage. The tubular 1 to 1\u00bd inches long blooms are\u00a05 lobed. Flowers invite early arriving butterflies and bumblebees into your garden. Glossy 1 to 3 inches long leaves are evergreen.<\/p>\n

Carolina jessamine is easy to grow. Plant it on a trellis (arbor), in a container on a deck and patio or as a ground cover along steep banks erosion control.<\/p>\n

Carolina jessamine tolerates either full to partial sunlight. Flowering is more prolific and foliage is denser in full sun. Moist well-drained soil is ideal. Jessamine can withstand periods of drought once established after one year. Ground cover plants should be spaced 3 feet and 5- 8 feet apart as\u00a0a trellis.<\/p>\n

Fertilize while the plant is actively growing with moderate amounts of a slow-release fertilizer such as Osmocote\u2122<\/strong> or Nutricote\u2122<\/strong>. Do not over-fertilize as it may reduce flowering.<\/p>\n

In containers jessamine may require pruning 2-3 times annually to hold growth in check. Many gardeners utilize a string pruner for this task. Old, sickly or out of control vines can be pruned back to a few feet above ground level after flowering. Remove all dead or broken branches.<\/p>\n

Popular Cultivars:<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Pride of Augusta’ <\/strong>– popular double-flowered cultivar with long bloom period; also listed as ‘Plena’.<\/p>\n

‘Margarita’ <\/strong>– slightly larger flowers and is rated cold hardier than species.<\/p>\n

‘Woodlander\u2019s Pale Yellow’ \u2013<\/strong> large creamy-yellow but is rated as not as cold hardy (Zone 8 -10).<\/p>\n

Butterscotch\u2122 –<\/strong>\u00a0blooms 2 to 3 weeks later than species and often re-blooms in fall.<\/p>\n

Lemon Drop\u2122 –<\/strong> more compact with shrub-like habit and with light yellow flowers.<\/p>\n

All parts of the plant are highly poisonous. The sap may cause skin irritation. Insects or diseases are rarely a problem on Carolina jessamine. Deer and rabbits will not eat it. Carolina jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Carolina jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is one of the most beautiful native vines in\u00a0the South (USDA Zones 6 to 9). In February and March, its bright yellow flowers are commonly seen growing along roadsides in the Southeastern U.S. It is frequently mistaken for forsythias a shrub that rarely blooms in winter. Vines grow vigorously, 20 feet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,1319,1037,144,806,800,665,10,1012,628,774,1305,551,627,843,975,936,1060,601,777,1210,630,646,7,670,113,708,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9470"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9476,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9470\/revisions\/9476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}