Jasminum Species, Chinese Jasmine, Primrose Jasmine

Frost hardy at least to Z8a. Very good for dry place and free flowering. It's in flower at the beginning of december until may.

Extremely drought resistant. Grows well in high alkaline, rocky clay soil, full sun, partial to full shade. Blooms on last years growth, ...Read Moreso if you trim right after the spring bloom, you will have blooms the following season. If you wait and trim in the fall, your Jasmine will not bloom in the spring. Easily trimmed to any shape. My 8 yr old plants are over 7' tall and 10' wide where they grow in the open yard and over 10' tall and 14' wide where they grow on a 6' range fence. Dense enough for a privacy hedge. Evergreen in warmer climates. When relocating new plants that have grown from branches that touch the ground, I get better results when moved straight to the new location as opposed to moving to a container first. Keeping the soil moist (not wet) for a few months following the transplant, gets the best results. I typically cut the branch that started the new plant at least 1 month prior to transplanting and try to keep the soil around the baby moist until I get around to transplanting it. Digging a small hole under a branch that touches the ground and covering the branch with the dirt you removed will nearly always produce a new plant if the soil is kept moist.

Georgetown, Tx went through its worst recorded drought and highest heat summer in 2011. My Primrose Jasmine hedge not only kept its leave...Read Mores and thrived, but even bloomed. I never watered it once. Other trees and shrubs in my yard died.
My wife feels it is invasive because it grows and spreads quickly. But I love it because it is evergreen, hardy, beautiful and has no thorns.
Two years ago I transplanted runners to another area of my yard and only watered them twice. They are now four feet tall and blooming beautifully.
Mine are all planted in semi-shady areas, but I see them around town in full sun and they look great.
Local deer eat everything in site, but not my Primrose Jasmine. In fact, twice does have given birth under its shady recesses.

Pruning my unruly 7yearold Primrose Jasmine this spring I discovered the foliage has a haunting subtle smell I never noticed, and the woo...Read Moredy stems develop roots after prolonged contact with the earth. This plant has survived many seasons of drought, I only water after the black-gumbo earth-cracks can swallow small children and house-hold pets.
A suburban native cottontail rabbit uses the tangled cover to reside in my front yard. Most of my vegetable matter scraps go under the sprawl to either compost or feed the bunny.