Jasmine

Trachelospermum Tricolour is a slow-growing, groundcover form of Star Jasmine, valued for its attractive variegated foliage in shades of cream, pink and green. Each leaf displays a unique pattern of colour, adding year-round interest to the garden. In spring, fragrant white, star-shaped flowers appear, filling the air with the familiar scent of jasmine. An excellent choice for containers, borders, groundcover plantings or cascading over embankments.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Semi-shaded position. Drought and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.40m x width 1m

Trachelospermum Valley Lights Jasmine is a versatile evergreen climber and groundcover, prized for its striking variegated foliage. The glossy green leaves are beautifully splashed with golden-yellow, bringing year-round colour and brightness to the garden. During summer, clusters of fragrant, star-shaped white flowers appear, filling the air with a sweet perfume while attracting beneficial pollinators. A self-twining plant with a neat, manageable habit, Valley Lights can be grown as a colourful groundcover, clipped into a low hedge, trained over arbours, pergolas or fences, or planted in pots and hanging baskets where its foliage can spill gracefully over the edges. 

Soil: Well-drained soil
Conditions: Full or half sun. Drought, wind, coastal and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 2.5m

A vigorous, broad leaf version this plant makes an ideal ground cover or compact climbing jasmine species. It produces smaller white fragrant flowers through summer but is also very well suited as an evergreen creeper or border.

Soil: Tolerable of most soil types
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 0.3m x width 3m

Star Jasmine is a vigorous, evergreen climber loved for its glossy green foliage and masses of highly perfumed, creamy-white star-shaped flowers. Blooming from mid-spring through summer and often into autumn, it fills the garden with colour and fragrance. Perfect for covering walls and fences, scrambling over sturdy trellises, tumbling over retaining walls, or even as a clipped groundcover or low hedge. Easy to grow and wonderfully versatile, it’s a classic garden favourite. Prune regularly when young to encourage bushy growth and trim after flowering to maintain shape.

Soil: Well-drained soil.

Conditions: Full sun. Coastal tolerant. Frost tender.

Size: 0.5m as groundcover, 2-5m as climber