| Jasminum simplicifolium subsp. australiense |
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| This used to be known and is often still labelled as Jasminum volubile but is now renamed as a subspecies of Jasminum simplicifolium.
It is a species originating from SW Australia and seen more often in Europe now days. Always popular in Florida from where most material in the USA and Europe came from as mine did. It has a popular or common name of the ‘Wax Jasmine’. It is a sparse climbing shrub which initially makes a shrub and then once established sends long arching scrambling stems outwards. The foliage is very neatly arranged on the stems with leaves that are oval almost tear drop shaped and are always a shiny mid to deep green. Again I have never known any pest problems on our stock plants. The flowers are produced from late May onwards and are small and star shaped with a light fragrance. The scent is by no means as strong as many other species but in the past it seemed to please customers who find the very powerful heady cloying scent of J.sambac too much as well as being a healthy looking plant which is very easy to grow. Tolerating about -2 or -3 for a night at a time but below that and its cut to the ground and as I have already alluded to and will take the following year to recover if it has not received a fatal dose of frost. |