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Oleaceae
Japanese jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
Also known as Primrose jasmine, Japanese yellow jasmine, Winter jasmine, Jasminum primulinum
Zones 7–10Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Native Plants · Jasmine · Yellow · Flowers · Winter · Hardy · Drought · Tolerant · Spreading · Erosion · Fragrant
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Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
This hardy jasmine produces bright yellow flowers in winter and early spring when most plants are dormant. Very drought tolerant once established and requires minimal care. Excellent for slopes and erosion control with its spreading habit.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 10°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 7a-10b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, China South-Central, Florida, Honduras, India, Mexico Southeast, Pakistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Bees, Moths
Sources: trefle
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