Pride of Augusta Jessamine – (Jasmine)
Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Pride of Augusta’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Evergreen Flowering Vine
Height or Length at Maturity: 12’+
Width at Maturity: 2-4′
Spacing: 3-6′ apart on fences
Spacing: 3-6′ apart on fences
Growth Habit / Form: Climbing, Dense, Spreading/Trailing, Twining, Twisted Branching, Upright
Growth Rate: Fast to Very Fast
Flower Color: Bright Yellow
Flower Type: Double
Flower Size: 1 to 1.5″
Flowering Period: Mid-Spring, Early Summer, Some in Fall
Flowering Period: Mid-Spring, Early Summer, Some in Fall
Fragrant Flowers: Yes!
Foliage Color: Deep Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun, Part Shade
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage: Well Drained
Soil pH: 5.5 – 8.0
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insects
Description
A rare and unique double-flowered version of the famous and ever-popular Carolina Jessamine, Pride of Augusta Jessamine produces LOADS of yellow, wonderfully fragrant, trumpet-shape flowers that cover the vines from late winter into spring with some flowering in fall. It is evergreen in USDA Zone 7b but may be semi-evergreen to deciduous in zones further north. Suitable for trellis, arbor, fences and walls, pergolas, or as a groundcover. Semi-evergreen to evergreen in mild-winter regions.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 12 feet or more in height or length and 2 to 4 feet wide, the Pride of Augusta Jasmine is ideal for use to climb along the tops of fences or over arbors and any other structure that provides support, such as a trellis, post or mailbox. It can also be useful as a ground cover for slopes or banks or to climb into smaller trees where early flowering is especially noticeable. A fine addition to yellow theme gardens, fragrance gardens, and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 6 feet apart on fences
Growing Preferences
Pride of Auguasta Jessamine is very easy to grow. It tolerates a wide range of soils, even somewhat boggy soils, however is also exceptionally drought tolerant. It prefers a moist, well-drained soil of average fertility. We have it growing in sunny and partially shaded sites and it does equally as well in both exposures. USDA Zones 6a-9b Find Your Zone
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to get advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Jessamine vines.
How To Plant & Care For Jessamine Vines
How To Train Vines To Grow On A Fence, Pole, Trellis Or Wall
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