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Jasminum mesnyi
Also called Primrose Jasmine, Yellow Jasmine
Japanese jasmine (Jasminum mesnyi) is a scrambling evergreen shrub from southern China and Vietnam that bears fragrant yellow flowers in spring and summer. It can be grown as a dense shrub or trained as a slender climber, but it needs frost protection and regular pruning in tight spaces.
Jasminum mesnyi, the primrose jasmine or Japanese jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae, native to Vietnam and southern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan). It is named in honour of William Mesny.
Jasminum mesnyi has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Essential oil is used in perfumery.
The form usually found in cultivation has semi-double flowers. It is not frost-hardy. With suitable support it can be grown as a slender climber, though in confined spaces it will require regular pruning.
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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.
