Jasminum grandiflorum is a scrambling deciduous shrub grown for its fragrant white flowers, often trained on fences, trellises or arbors. It is a species, closely related to common jasmine (J. officinale), and is often treated as a form of it.
Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during growth and dry spells, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a rich potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 0 °C, as it is frost-tender.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Eritrea to Rwanda, Arabian Pen., Pakistan to SC. China
Climate
subtropical
About
Jasminum grandiflorum, also known variously as the Spanish jasmine, Royal jasmine, Catalan jasmine, Sicilian jasmine, is a species of jasmine native to South Asia, the Arabian peninsula, East and Northeast Africa and the Yunnan and Sichuan regions of China. The species is widely cultivated and is reportedly naturalized in Guinea, the Maldive Islands, Mauritius, Réunion, Java, the Cook Islands, Chiapas, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is closely related to, and sometimes treated as merely a form of, Jasminum officinale.
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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.