BOTANICAL NAME:  Gelsemium sempervirens ‘Margarita’

COMMON NAME: “Margarita Carolina Jessamine”

ATTRACTS:  Butterflies, Birds, pollinators

RESISTANT: Deer

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Fragrant yellow, trumpet-shaped flowers in Spring and early Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun

HEIGHT: 12 to 20 feet

WIDTH: 3 to 6 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Semi-evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moist, organically rich, well-drained soil

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Attracts pollinators

Deer resistant

Fragrant flowers

HARDINESS ZONES: 6-10

Margarita Jessamine is a cold hardy, semi-evergreen vine that is great for a trellis or trailing along a fence. It has beautiful fragrant yellow, trumpet shaped flowers in Spring and early Summer. It’s glossy green foliage turns bronze in fall. Blooms on old growth so cut back after blooming if desired.