(Caroba Jacaranda)

The branches of caroba jacaranda become laden with fantastic violet-blue flowers. The trumpet-shaped blooms are produced in airy clusters during the warm days of spring and summer, when the soil isn't too moist. Flowering occurs before the leaves have fully emerged giving the flowers center stage. This increasingly rare native of southern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina is a semi-evergreen to fully deciduous tree that develops an open, rounded, sometimes irregular canopy when mature.

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(Jasmine)

This jasmine is a shrubby, twining, evergreen species native to the warm, maritime regions of South Africa. From early summer into fall, it bears clusters of large, starry white flowers that perfume the air with their sweet scent. The blooms appear on long stems covered with glossy, deep green, divided foliage which is composed of three to five smaller leaflets.

South African jasmine is perennial in temperate, frost-free climates. It grows well in full to part sun and fertile, reasonably moist,...

(Elongate Jasmine)

A widely variable, clambering shrubby vine (or vine-like shrub), the elongate jasmine has "ear-like" leaves and fragrant white flowers during the warm months. This tropical, frost-tender evergreen is native to an expansive area of Asia, from India and China southeastward all the way to northern Australia.

The dark green leaves are very glossy when young, but become satiny to matte as they mature. They are arranged opposite each other on the stems. Each leaf blade is an elongated oval with yellow...

(Downy Jasmine)

Though not as fragrant as other jasmines, the large white blooms of downy jasmine still offer a sweet and spicy aroma. This versatile tropical evergreen is a vigorous scrambling vine that can easily be trained into a shrub. It is native to India but has been widely cultivated elsewhere and become naturalized in subtropical regions across the globe, including southern China and the American South.

Soft, downy hairs cover the deep green, oval leaves of this tough evergreen, giving them a grayish...

(Angelwing Jasmine)

This night blooming, tropical jasmine can perfume the entire garden with its starry, sweet-scented white flowers. A shrubby, vining, evergreen species, it is native to the Admiralty Islands of Papua, New Guinea.

Angelwing jasmine is named for its distinctive foliage, which is glossy, deep green and lance-shaped. The leaves are borne in opposite pairs on twining stems which may become woody with age. From late spring through summer, narrow, pinkish-purple buds open at night to white, star-shaped...

(Arabian Jasmine)

Arabian jasmine has been cultivated since ancient times for its intensely fragrant, white flowers. Widespread in distribution, the species is thought to have originated in southern Asia and was probably brought by traders to the Middle East and other areas. Its blossoms are used in China to make jasmine tea, for fragrant leis in Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the manufacture of perfume. It is the national flower of both Indonesia and the Philippines.

The stems of this shrubby, evergreen,...

(Arabian Jasmine, Grand Duke of Tuscany Jasmine)

Arabian jasmine has been cultivated since ancient times for its intensely fragrant, white flowers. Widespread in distribution, this shrubby, evergreen climber is thought to have originated in southern Asia, and was probably brought by traders to the Middle East and other areas. Its blossoms are used in China to make jasmine tea, for fragrant leis in Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the manufacture of perfume. It is the national flower of both Indonesia and the Philippines.

The cultivar...

(Arabian Jasmine, Maid in Orleans Jasmine)

Arabian jasmine has been cultivated since ancient times for its intensely fragrant, white flowers. Widespread in distribution, this shrubby, evergreen climber is thought to have originated in southern Asia, and was probably brought by traders to the Middle East and other areas. Its blossoms are used in China to make jasmine tea, for fragrant leis in Hawaii and the Philippines, and in the manufacture of perfume. It is the national flower of both Indonesia and the Philippines.

The cultivar...

(Wax Jasmine)

A variable woody plant that may be grown as a spreading shrub or an upright vine, wax jasmine is loved for its glossy leaves and fragrant white flowers. This frost-tender tropical evergreen is native to the wet and dry coastal rainforests of Australia, from northern Western Australia to eastern New South Wales.

The pointed oval leaves are a rich jade green and are attractively glossy. They occur in opposite pairs on branches. Stem tips develop loose clusters of white flowers most heavily in the...

(Stephan Jasmine)

This unique jasmine hails from southwestern China, and is believed to be a naturally occurring hybrid between the Chinese species J. beesianum and J. officinale, which is native to portions of western Asia, the Middle East, and southeastern Europe. A woody, semi-evergreen to deciduous vine, it is covered with many small, pink, tubular flowers from late spring through midsummer. The dainty blossoms are very fragrant and may attract hummingbirds. Its long stems bear medium green,...