Types of Jasmine Flowers

Flowering jasmine plants are usually vines or sprawling shrubs. The white or yellow flowers are often fragrant.

Arabian Jasmine

Arabian Jasmine (Jasminum sambac) is an evergreen twining vine that can be pruned into a shrub. It grows 6 to 10 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide in partial shade or sun. The single or double white flowers are fragrant.

Shining Jasmine

Shining Jasmine (Jasminum nitidum) has star-shaped fragrant white flowers in the spring and summer. It is a fast-growing semi-twining vine that can be pruned as a shrub. It grows 20 feet high and 10 feet wide in the sun.

Showy Jasmine

Showy Jasmine (Jasimum floridanum) is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub with arching stems. It grows 3 to 5 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide in partial shade or sun. Yellow flowers appear sporadically from spring to fall.

Star Jasmine

Star Jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum) is a shrubby vine with long twining branches. It grows 5 to 10 feet wide and 5 to 10 feet high in partial shade or sun. It grows fast, but it dies back in the winter. The fragrant white flowers are star shaped.

Winter Jasmine

Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is an evergreen shrub with arching stems. It grows 10 to 15 feet wide and 3 to 10 feet high in the sun. Fragrant yellow flowers bloom in winter and early spring.

References

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