(Dwarf Jasmine, Parker Jasmine)

Chances are you'd never guess this sprawling to mounding plant was a jasmine. Perhaps you'd think it was a late-blooming, prostrate forsythia! The dwarf or Parker jasmine is an evergreen shrub native to India. It's small leaves are trifoliate, comprising three oval leaflets. In springtime, a profusion of scentless yellow flowers cover the plant. Each flower is five petaled.

Grow the dwarf jasmine in full to partial sun in any soil that's well-drained and has fertility. It performs very nicely...

(Pink Jasmine)

Prized for its delightfully fragrant flowers, pink jasmine is a fast-growing evergreen vine native to China. It is a popular landscape or houseplant, and the aromatic oil of its flowers is extracted for perfume.

The long, twining stems of this ornamental are woody, angular and clothed with lush, green, feathery compound leaves. These are typically evergreen but may be semi-evergreen in cooler climates. Flowering is heaviest from late winter to spring but can occur sporadically throughout the...

(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,...

(Peregrina)

Bearing showy clusters of starry bright red or pink flowers through much of the year, this broadleaf evergreen from Cuba and the West Indies is a popular greenhouse and patio plant. Its multiple stems eventually form a large shrub or small tree. The large shiny dark green leaves are variable in shape but usually three-lobed. They are bronze-tinged when young. Small inconspicuous purplish-green fruits are sometimes produced. Look for 'Compacta,' a slow-growing, prolifically flowering selection.

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(Common Liverwort, Marchantia)

A low-growing mat of green growing in a sunny location is usually a telltale sign of the common liverwort. It looks somewhat similar to the closely-related mosses and hornworts. The common liverwort is a primitive, non-vascular plant native to all parts of the world, from the tropics to the polar tundra, in a wide array of habitats from cliffs, heath lands, bogs and forests. Liverworts do not flower, but reproduce with spores or by developing more vegetative growth. They also have two physical forms...

(Yellow Jacobinia)

Large dark green leaves that are both glossy and fuzzy makes a lovely foil for the upright, bottlebrush-like yellow flower spikes outside from autumn to early spring. An upright tender shrub that can become lanky in low light or crowded planting beds, it acts as a herbaceous perennial when nipped by frosts in mild winter areas and blooms in summer and autumn. It is native to Central America, including Mexico.

The upright, four-sided stems make this plant look handsome, but it always looks better...