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Asiatic Jasmine
Trachelospermum asiaticum
Also called asian jasmine, asian star jasmine, yellow star jasmine and japanese star jasmine
Asiatic Jasmine blooms from May through June.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Asiatic Jasmine
Plant it in part sun. It prefers low water. It is hardy in USDA zones 7–10. Expect it to reach about 1.5 ft tall and 11 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Asiatic Jasmine. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Asiatic Jasmine
Plant Asiatic Jasmine in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 8, the middle of its hardy zones 7 to 10, spring means February to April and fall means September or October. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 8, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 8 in February. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Asiatic Jasmine get?
1.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult11 ftwideSee Asiatic Jasmine in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Asiatic Jasmine
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Give Asiatic Jasmine about 11 ft of clear ground in every direction, measured from its center. It is one plant with room around it, not a row, and a raised bed is too small for it.
Add Asiatic Jasmine to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Asiatic Jasmine's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 8 published sources on September 26, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- depts.ttu.eduTexas Tech University Plant Resources (landscape plant database)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, pests and toxicity
- NC State ExtensionGardener Plant Toolboxheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- University of Florida IFASUF/IFAS Gardening Solutions (University of Florida)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- Plants For A Futureheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and toxicity
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- horticulture.lsu.eduLouisiana State University Horticulture Department (plant materials)height and hardiness zones
- ASPCAStar Jasmine, Trachelospermum jasminoidestoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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