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Yellow Jasmine  or Jessamine         

(Gelsemium Sempervirens)

Female Yellow-Rumped Warbler Eating Tree Blossoms

Officially adopted by the General Assembly on February 1, 1924

Did you know?

* It's poisonous.

* It has brown fruit.

 "No flower that blooms holds such perfume,
As kindness and sympathy won.
Wherever there grows the sheltering pine
Is clinging a Yellow Jessamine vine."

From "Legend of the Yellow Jessamine," by Mrs. Teresa Strickland of Anderson, South Carolina, when the flower was made the emblem of Dixie Chapter, U.D.C., about 1906.

  •  it is indigenous to every nook and corner of the State; 

  • It is the first sign of coming Spring; 

  • It represents loyalty to and patriotism in the service of the State.

 

Gardening Info:


 — Plant Type Evergreen Vine

— Natural Height 3 - 10 inches

— Drought Tolerance Medium

— Invasive No

— Growth Rate Medium

— Native Florida and Southeastern North America

— Hardiness Zone 6-9

— Salt Tolerance Low

— Foliage Color Green

— Flower Color Yellow

— Flower Characteristics Showy; Fragrant

— Flower Season Winter; Spring

— Light Requirements Medium; High

— Functional Use Flowering Vine

— Notes A non-aggressive vine; all parts of plant are poisonous.

— Leaf Simple, Opposite, Waxy

— Texture Medium-Fine

— Fruit Has Brown Fruit. Flattened Winged Capsule

— Wildlife Value