Pink Jasmine Description

• Pink jasmine grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone 8 to 11, where winter low temperatures range from 20 below zero to 40 F. While it can tolerate brief frosts, pink jasmine is happiest in the mild winter regions of the southeastern, southern and Pacific Northwestern states. Pink Jasmine performs best in sun to partial shade. It thrives in a well-drained, fertile location. Although established plants are drought tolerant, those given supplemental water during prolonged dry periods respond with more abundant blooms. Frequent pruning keeps pink jasmine tidy. Left on its own, this vine spreads by suckers or self-seeding.
  
  

Winter Jasmine Description

• Winter jasmine's (J. nudiflorum) cascading habit makes it a good choice for concealing slopes and unattractive walls. Trained to a trellis, it grows as a 15-foot vine. As a trailing shrub, winter jasmine creates an arching 4-foot mound. This Chinese native came to Britain's Royal Horticultural Society in 1844, and won instant popularity for its late-winter-to-early-spring bright yellow forsythialike flowers. The blooms open a few at a time along the shrub's slender, leafless branches. Deep green, deciduous compound foliage follows the blooms. The arching stems retain their bright green color through the winter.
  
  

Growing Pink Jasmine

• Pink jasmine grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone 8 to 11, where winter low temperatures range from 20 below zero to 40 F. While it can tolerate brief frosts, pink jasmine is happiest in the mild winter regions of the southeastern, southern and Pacific Northwestern states. Pink jasmine performs best in sun to partial shade. It thrives in a well-drained, fertile location. Although established plants are drought tolerant, those given supplemental water during prolonged dry periods respond with more abundant blooms. Frequent pruning keeps pink jasmine tidy. Left on its own, this vine spreads by suckers or self-seeding.
  
  

Growing Winter Jasmine

• Winter, or hardy, jasmine handles winter temperatures to USDA zone 6 and minus 10 degrees F. It accepts a wide range of soils but flourishes in well-drained, consistently moist sandy loam and full sun or partial shade. Plants in full shade produce leaves at the expense of flowers. Winter jasmine trained as a vine benefits from southern exposure to provide maximum winter sunlight and bloom production. Planting it in infertile soil and cutting it back in spring when flowering has finished controls winter jasmine's spread.