Clear white fragrance
White flowers about 2.5cm across open as five-lobed pinwheels and perfume warm air.
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It flowers beautifully and smells wonderful 🤍
Family: Apocynaceae · Pot diameter: 3 litres · Height: 70cm
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘White Wings’® is a vigorous evergreen star jasmine that builds a deep-green surface and lights it with pure white, strongly fragrant flowers. Small five-lobed pinwheels open in groups and stand crisply against glossy, leathery leaves. The contrast is classic but never flat: the whole flowering surface appears to flicker, while the perfume gives an entrance, courtyard or seating area a presence of its own.
Flexible woody stems twine around a firm support and can cover a large surface, with a recorded ultimate range of 8–12m high and 4–8m wide when left for many years. Foliage usually remains evergreen in mild sites and may redden or bronze in cold weather before the white summer flowering returns.
A vigorous evergreen veil of glossy leaves and clusters of fragrant white pinwheel flowers.
White flowers about 2.5cm across open as five-lobed pinwheels and perfume warm air.
Leathery leaves about 5–8cm long create evergreen cover and often colour red or bronze in winter.
Numerous twining stems can fill a tall trellis, a fence fitted with wires or a pergola when distributed gradually.
Why you will love it: it keeps a broad vertical surface green throughout the year, then turns it into a luminous scented curtain in summer.
Plant beside strong mesh, tensioned wires or a pergola near a route, but not against a bare wall without support. For continuous cover, allow about 1.5–2m between plants and distribute leaders in both directions as they lengthen.
White flowers and dark green foliage gain a crisp outline above blue globes, purple spires and silver texture.
Full sun to bright partial shade; more light usually means more flowers, with shade from fiercely reflected afternoon heat.
Water regularly while rooting and in summer heat, then deeply as the top layer dries, never leaving the base permanently wet.
RHS H4; choose a sheltered site and protect the root zone during prolonged severe frost.
The ASPCA lists the species as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses, but milky sap may irritate and the plant is not food.
Give it a bright sheltered aspect with enough room for mature cover to breathe and remain accessible.
Use substantial wires or mesh and check that the structure can bear many years of accumulated growth.
Maintain even moisture in the first year and soak deeply in summer heat instead of applying frequent surface sprinkles.
Fertile, organic and freely drained, with no water standing around the crown.
Apply a thin organic mulch and light balanced spring feed, avoiding excess nitrogen.
After the main flower flush, remove unwanted length and redistribute new leaders before they become woody.
Keep drainage open, protect roots from prolonged frost and expect natural bronzing of the leaves.
Wear gloves for pruning, keep white sap away from eyes and mouth and do not use the plant as food.
Young stems wind loosely around wires and begin to define the direction of cover.
Side branches close the gaps with glossy leaves and establish a permanent green foundation.
Clusters of five-lobed flowers open on mature lateral shoots through summer.
Mature Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘White Wings’® spreads many woody leaders over a strong support and carries flowers throughout its height. The measurements describe unrestricted long-term growth; training and pruning determine the actual garden outline.
The drawings connect the first tied leaders with the mature flowering surface.
What to expect after planting: The first growing period is mainly about rooting and organising a few leaders. Horizontal training encourages side shoots, thickens the surface and brings flowers lower and more evenly across it.
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘White Wings’ circulates as an older nursery name for a vigorous evergreen star jasmine with fragrant white flowers. In 2026, the Royal Horticultural Society includes it in its modern listings but marks its nomenclatural status as unresolved.
The identity of its breeder and the details of its original selection have not been published. The cultivar nevertheless became established in the nursery trade for its vigorous evergreen foliage and fragrant white flowers.
The later nursery trade also uses the White Wings® presentation.
A young axis circles wire or slender support; it has no adhesive pads with which to fix itself to a bare wall.
Its glossy surface and relatively thick blade limit water loss, while cold can promote anthocyanin accumulation and produce deep-red winter colour.
Five petals unite low down in a tube and turn in one direction, creating the white pinwheel outline.
Six specific answers about mature size, fragrance, support, cold and correct management of White Wings.
The RHS gives an ultimate range of 8–12m high and 4–8m wide in unrestricted long-term growth; pruning and support contain it.
Yes. Small white pinwheels open in groups and carry a strong sweet scent in warm weather.
No. It needs wires, mesh or a pergola around which its young stems can twine.
Usually in a mild site, although cold may redden or bronze leaves and severe frost can cause losses.
Prune after the main flower flush to contain length and redistribute new growth before it becomes woody.
The ASPCA lists Trachelospermum jasminoides as non-toxic to dogs, cats and horses, but its sap may irritate and it should not be eaten.