Trachelospermum jasminoides, or Star Jasmine, is a high-performing evergreen climber, celebrated for its intoxicating fragrance, glossy evergreen foliage, and adaptable, architectural growth habit. This plant is widely recognised for its ability to transform walls, trellises, pergolas, or garden containers into a luxurious vertical display that performs throughout the year. One of its most notable features is the massed production of small, star-shaped white flowers during the summer months. From mid-to-late summer, each twining stem is smothered in delicate blooms that exude a heady, sweet, and exotic scent reminiscent of traditional jasmine, filling outdoor spaces with a rich, inviting perfume that can be enjoyed from a distance or up close.
The evergreen leaves of Star Jasmine are glossy, leathery, and densely packed, creating a lush, structured backdrop even when the plant is not in bloom. Its natural twining habit allows it to climb easily up wires, trellises, pillars, or pergolas, providing instant architectural interest and privacy. In winter, the foliage often develops beautiful tints of bronze, burgundy, and deep green, adding subtle colour to the garden when many other plants appear bare. These seasonal changes contribute to the plant’s high visual impact, ensuring the garden remains vibrant across all months.
Trachelospermum jasminoides is a vigorous evergreen climber that typically reaches 300–500cm in height and 150–250cm in spread when mature. Individual star-shaped white flowers measure approximately 2–3cm across, forming clusters along twining stems during mid-to-late summer. Glossy, dark-green foliage provides dense, year-round coverage, often turning bronze or burgundy in winter for seasonal interest. The twining habit allows it to scale trellises, pergolas, walls, or large container supports with ease, providing immediate vertical structure. Hardy and drought-tolerant once established, this climber thrives in full sun to partial shade positions in well-drained soil. Its combination of fragrant blooms, evergreen foliage, and decorative seasonal leaf colour makes it ideal for Mediterranean-inspired gardens, terraces, balcony containers, or screens for privacy, offering both high-impact aesthetics and practical garden functionality.
