Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures ( Vines ), 1 by organic1

organic1 wrote:
Carolina Jessamine
Gelsemium sempervirens

Evergreen – Sun
Spacing 4’ – 8’

Habitat: Climbing vine needs support from the start. Many yellow flowers in early spring, sometimes in the fall and during warm spells in the winter! It needs well prepared soil, good drainage, moderate water. It will grow in the shade, but it will not bloom well there.

This is not a jasmine. All parts of this plant are poisonous, but not to the touch. Native to East Texas, Florida, and Virginia.

It grows quite well in my yard here in North Central Texas.