Gelsemium sempervirens
Carolina jessamine, evening trumpetflower
Notes:
The species is not recommended north of Sunset zone 32, but 'Margarita' is cold hardy to USDA zone 6 (PHS says 5!) and has won the PHS Gold Medal Award.
Twining vine (needs support or will grow as a groundcover).
The fragrance has notes of vanilla and cherry.
All parts highly poisonous.
Sources: Sunset, Odenwald/Turner, NCSU, Missouri BG, Druse.
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Tags:
attracts:bees
attracts:butterflies
attracts:hummingbirds
attracts:mammals
deer resistant
drought tolerant
exposure:full shade
exposure:full sun
exposure:part shade
fast-growing
fire risk high
form:vine
fragrant flowers
full sun preferred
habit:prostrate/trailing
habit:vine
native:eastern North America
persistence:evergreen
persistence:semievergreen
pest/disease free
PHS Gold Medal Award
poisonous
rich soil preferred
salt tolerant
showy flowers
type:broadleaf
use:container
use:groundcover
use:naturalizing
use:screen
use:specimen
water:regular
weedy
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