Jasminum officinale/Jasminum x stephanense

The question regarding these was do these stay evergreen or are they deciduous no matter what? Im getting mixed information when I search with one source saying J. Officinale is evergreen in relatively frost free climates and others saying deciduous regardless of condition. The same for j. Stephanense.

 

As far as I am aware J officinale is evergreen in frost free conditions.
Not sure about the 2nd species.

 

it hardy to -8 , evergreen and fast growing ....lost mine in 2010 after a minus -14 , few more shoot come up and they die in 2011 after -8 ..........in the other end I`ve got a pink jasmine and a yellow jasmine who has pink flower ().
really want to get rid off the pink one , it`s to agressive for my small garden .
If you are looking for a super jasmine , go for the tuscan jasmine , my mum has one in Italy who still alive after -18 .

 

Jasminum x stephanense , actually it`s not evergreen , will lose the leaves and look sad all winter , but will come back .
just found a picture from summer 2010 , the jasmine officinalis first and the pink at the end , both really vigorous grower.

 

jasmine fiona sunrise is my favourite .... not evergreen in the UK though ... and the 2 that I planted in a garden survived the last winter which had -18 degrees C

plant an acer bloodgood in front of it and you have a focal point in your garden for several months of the year

 

Mine - J officinale -is more or less evergreen but looks increasingly threadbare and tatty as the winter proceeds.

 

Thats about the same with mine although I will say this is the first year it`s flowered properly ,but like all my plants in that area (sort of graveled bank) due a very major chop back in autumn

 

I had J polyanthus but gave up on it as it was too straggly, bloomed for only a couple of weeks here and then looked untidy, even losing most of it's leaves.

 

Thanks for the info, I'm hoping the J. officinale at least keeps a little evergreen as I live in a fairly mild location. There are a few others in our town but the one on a wall is constantly cut back because it is so rampant.. so I can never tell if it is deciduous or evergreen.. that said though I saw some of it in February and it was still evergreen. Jasminum x stephanense will probably become deciduous though I suppose..

Victoria, could it be your garden was a little too dry for it?

 

I lived in a house in the south London suburbs that had what I now know is a j officinale. It was growing on trellis alongside a fence, didn't get much sun but was smelt divine on a summer evening. The foliage is attractive too and though it seemed to die back a bit in winter it never really stopped being very vigorous. As 'oh no the jasmine is taking over' vigorous. Of course it's London but even snow didn't kill it off.

I really loved it. I'm considering growing one in a container for our more northern, rented house garden. Not expecting it to do so well but in two minds about whether I want to invest in trellis etc. it is such a lovely scent though.

 

I am sure that was the problem Stephen. I will write you in the week with what is good here and what is not ... it is quite a struggle at times.