jasmine plant species
The world of jasmine plant species is full of captivating scents, beautiful blooms, and versatile gardening possibilities. Whether you’re seeking a fragrant climber for your pergola, a hardy groundcover, or a brilliant shrub for your garden, there’s a jasmine to suit every corner of New Zealand gardens. With dozens of varieties cultivated worldwide, some jasmine species are renowned for their intoxicating fragrance, while others bring a cascade of colour or a tough evergreen habit. Read on to discover popular jasmine plant species, how to use them in your garden, and what makes each variety unique.
Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine)
Star Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is a versatile, evergreen climber renowned for its glossy green leaves and masses of highly fragrant white flowers in summer. In New Zealand, it thrives in full sun or partial shade and prefers well-drained soil. It’s perfect for covering fences, walls, or pergolas, and can also be used as a groundcover or in containers. Star Jasmine is low-maintenance, frost-tolerant once established, and ideal for adding year-round structure and sweet perfume to NZ gardens.
Jasminum mesnyi (Primrose Jasmine)
Jasminum mesnyi, commonly known as Primrose Jasmine or Japanese Jasmine, is a scrambling shrub with amazing flowers and fragrance. It features dark green leaves held somewhat densely on sprawling stems. The foliage is adorned with sweetly fragrant, yellow flowers in late winter and spring. It typically grows to 70 cm tall and 3 m wide, but it can be trained along a fence or trellis if desired. Jasminum mesnyi is ideal for training on a fence and looks spectacular when grown over an archway or on a trellis. It is equally perfect for growing as a contained or trailing shrub where it can spill over a retaining wall or the like, and is well suited to cottage and modern gardens.
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