A fragrant summer peak
Numerous white flowers open across the dark foliage and release an especially rich scent during warm weather.
Rhynchospermum jasminoides 15cm
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€7,00
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Rhynchospermum jasminoides
Covers, flowers and adds fragrance with style 🤍
- Powerful sweet fragrance
- White contorted flowers
- Glossy evergreen foliage
- Twining woody shoots
Rhynchospermum jasminoides is the elegant answer when one plant must provide green coverage, flowers and fragrance. Glossy evergreen leaves form a dense well-finished background that displays the numerous white summer flowers beautifully. Its sweet scent becomes noticeable before you draw close. With time, flexible shoots become woody and develop a lasting structure, keeping the composition complete through every season.
This intermediate size brings enough presence for immediate training without limiting the design. It can be opened across wires, wrapped around a small arch or developed into a calm green frame around an opening.
What makes it special
Foliage, fragrance and a form that improves with thoughtful training define its particular value.
An evergreen background
Leathery leaves remain on the woody framework and may develop bronze or red tones after winter cold.
Coverage with a framework
Fresh tips twine while older stems become woody, creating a lasting structure across the support.
Why you will love it: It combines evergreen elegance with genuinely powerful summer fragrance and adapts to many support forms.
In the garden & on the balconyPlacement & plant combinationsIndependent support, protection from freezing wind and room to distribute the main shoots correctly.
Ideal position
Use it on a trellis, arch or horizontal wires near a window, entrance or seating area, keeping the white flowers and fragrance close to eye level.
Compatible combinations
Combine silver, blue and white in separate pots so roots do not compete and the fragrant backdrop remains visually clear.
- Phormium ‘Yellow Wave’ — upright yellow-green blades create a strong lower axis and brighten the deep evergreen foliage
- Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’ — light lilac flowers move in front of the fragrant white display without hiding it
- Convolvulus cneorum — a low silver mound offers a clean foliage contrast and suits the same bright freely drained composition
Care at a glance
Light
Sun or bright partial shade, sheltered from the fiercest late-afternoon exposure.
Watering
Water deeply when the upper layer dries, allowing every surplus drop to escape.
Climate & hardiness
Container roots need protection from severe frost and freezing wind.
Safety
Not edible; white milky sap may irritate skin and eyes.
Detailed careComplete care guideLight, water, growing mix, feeding, training, pruning and protection in one practical guide.
Light acclimatisation
Increase direct sun gradually, particularly after protected cultivation.
Water by touch
Check the mix rather than a calendar and soak the whole rootball after the upper layer dries.
A permanent support
Install a trellis or wires before shoots spread, leaving an air gap from the wall.
Shoot distribution
Open main shoots like a fan and attach them loosely at different points.
Feeding
Apply a balanced fertiliser during active growth at the label rate and only to moist mix.
Prune after flowering
Shorten long laterals after the main flower flush without dismantling the woody framework.
Winter balance
Reduce water as temperatures fall, but do not leave the mix completely dry for long.
Development over timeFrom first leaders to a fragrant evergreen screenTwining fresh tips, woody leaders and lateral repetition of the flowering display.
Early distribution
Two or three main shoots are opened in different directions and fixed with loose ties.
A woody framework
Leaders thicken, stabilise and produce lateral branches that close the gaps.
A mature fragrant screen
The permanent woody framework carries fresh spring growth followed by the summer white flower flush.
Mature form & size
On support in open groundHeight 8–12mSpread 4–8mWoody twining
Stems twine around slender supports and branch sideways. Evergreen leaves remain after the white flowers, preserving cover in winter.
Form through time
Controlled cultivationSummer floweringWinter bronze colour
Warm seasonStems twine around slender supports and branch sideways. Evergreen leaves remain after the white flowers, preserving cover in winter.
Winter habitFoliage remains under suitable conditions. Slower growth and reduced flowering change the display without removing the basic architecture.
The studies show habit and seasonal development; growth varies with age, climate and cultivation.
What to expect after establishment: Fresh tips and healthy glossy foliage show successful establishment. Dense coverage develops gradually after the leaders are distributed correctly.
History & originSpecies history & originFrom its first publication as Rhynchospermum to its accepted place in Trachelospermum.
In 1846 John Lindley published the species as Rhynchospermum jasminoides. The name quickly entered horticultural use and became so familiar that it still survives in commercial titles.
Five years later, in 1851, Charles Lemaire transferred the species to Trachelospermum, creating the accepted name Trachelospermum jasminoides. Its native range extends from central and southern Japan to Vietnam.
Greenleaf for Plant NerdsScience nobody asked forBotanical mechanisms behind form, attachment and flowering
Corolla contortion
The plant is also known as Trachelospermum jasminoides. All five corolla lobes unfold with the same rotational direction. Their one-sided overlap creates the characteristic twisted outline without any separate climbing structure being involved. Botanically, this pattern is termed contorted corolla aestivation and is a morphological trait of Apocynaceae.
Circular movement at the shoot tip
Twining uses neither tendrils nor adhesive rootlets. The growing tip continuously sweeps in a circle, encounters a support and then continues the same movement around it. It therefore needs a slim structure the stem can encircle, rather than a flat surface without wires.
Frequently asked questions
Six answers on support, flowering, watering, pruning, winter and milky sap.
01Does it climb by itself?
Not on a flat wall. Fresh tips twine around trelliswork or wires and need loose ties at the beginning.
02Why is it not flowering?
Common causes are insufficient light, hard pruning at the wrong time or excessive nitrogen that promotes foliage.
03When should it be watered?
Water after the upper layer dries, continue until water exits the holes and never leave the roots permanently wet.
04When should it be pruned?
Prune after the main summer flower flush, keeping the main woody framework and first removing weak or tangled shoots.
05What needs attention in winter?
Protect the pot from freezing wind and severe frost, and reduce watering without leaving the rootball completely dry.
06Is the milky sap a concern?
It may irritate skin and eyes. Wear gloves, avoid touching your face and wash tools and hands after pruning.
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