Asian Star Jasmine is a, fast-growing bird-friendly plant that has beautiful fragrant flowers and its glossy green leaves give it year-round interest. As a groundcover it can grow 1 to 2 feet tall and 10 to 12 feet wide or take advantage of its twining habit and plant it where it can climb up if you would like to take advantage of its vining form. Plant it in full sun to partial shade in well-drained average to fertile soils with Prune it back in the early spring. This plant can be propagated by layering semi-hardwood stem cuttings. It may be used in the front of the border, in planters, hanging baskets or as a ground cover on sloped areas. Take advantage of its sweet-smelling flowers by allowing it to twining up chain link fence, trellis, or arbor in back of some colorful lantana ( Lantana camera ). Use it as a groundcover with tall shrubs such as rose mallow ( Hibiscus moscheutos ) or with the sword-like foliage of New Zealand flax ( Phormium tenax ). This groundcover is moderately salt tolerant, drought tolerant, disease resistant and tolerates browsing by deer. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious problems.
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.
Fills a similar nicheOxydendrum arboreumViburnum obovatum 'Raulston Hardy'x Heucherella
Full plant profile
Growing Conditions
Plant type
Ground Cover; Vine
Life cycle
Woody
USDA zones
7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Light
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) | Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Soil texture
Clay; High Organic Matter; Loam (Silt); Sand
Soil pH
Acid (<6.0); Alkaline (>8.0); Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Soil drainage
Good Drainage | Moist
Available space
3 feet-6 feet; 6-feet-12 feet
NC region
Coastal; Piedmont
Mature size
Height: 1 ft. 0 in. - 2 ft. 0 in. | Width: 10 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.
Growth rate
Rapid
Maintenance
Medium
Canopy layer
6 - Vine (vertical)
Form & Appearance
Foliage
Broadleaf Evergreen
Leaf color
Green
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf shape
Elliptical; Ovate
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf feel
Glossy; Leathery
Leaf size
1-3 inches long
Hairs present
No
Leaf detail
Glossy dark green simple, oppostice ovate to elliptical leaves 2 inches long with entire margins. In the fall leaves can turn red-bronze. They are smaller than T. jasminoides.
Fall color
Brown/Copper; Red/Burgundy
Flower color
Cream/Tan; Gold/Yellow; White
Flower value
Fragrant; Showy
Flower form
Cyme
Flower shape
Star
Flower detail
Creamy white clusters of fragrant flowers with a yellow tinge from late spring to early summer. Flowers are smaller than T. jasminoides.