Common name: Carolina Jessamine
Botanical name: Gelsemium sempervirens

As a vigorous evergreen, this vine has glossy, green, lance-shaped foliage complete with trumpet-shaped, yellow, fragrant flowers that bloom from late winter to spring. Carolina Jessamine will bloom best in full to part sun with regular watering and more during hot summer months. It does best with well draining, moist, fertile soil. It can also be grown on hillsides as mounding ground covers. It looks great on chain link fences, arbors, trellises, espaliers.