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Lemon Scented Jasmine

Jasminum azoricum

Lemon Scented Jasmine
Photo: Daniel Feliciano, CC BY-SA 4.0

Jasminum azoricum is an evergreen twining climber from Madeira, grown for its fragrant white flowers and glossy leaves. It is critically endangered in the wild, but it is easy to grow in a greenhouse or frost-free position.

Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water freely during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings; reduce in winter.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix with added grit or perlite.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect below 5 °C as it does not tolerate freezing.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Madeira
Climate
temperate

About

Jasminum azoricum, the lemon-scented jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the olive family.

It is an evergreen twining vine native to the Portuguese island of Madeira. The compound leaves consist of 3 bright green leaflets. The fragrant white star-shaped flowers appear in panicles from the leaf axils in summer, evolving from deep pink buds.

Other Jasminum plants

Jasminum abyssinicum · Jasminum angulare · Gold Coast jasmine · Catalonian Jasmine · Jasminum laurifolium · Japanese jasmine · Star jasmine · Many Petalled Jasmine · Winter jasmine · Common jasmine · Pink Jasmine · Arabian jasmine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Jasminum azoricum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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