Gelsemium, Carolina Jessamine 'Margarita'

I am experimenting survivability with this cultivar this year. Anyone had any success in zone 5b/6a? I expect it to die to the ground and...Read More come back as a perennial vine each year.

This plant is an abundant bloomer, blooming several times a season.

I live in NE San Antonio, and have had this plant for almost ten years. It is planted on the North corner of my backyard, and has climbed...Read More up to my roof, and I have stringers going to side and along back of house. In third week of Feb. it blooms like CRAZY!! And I am a bit stunned that it is budding right now, Mid Oct. and already has some blooms...(???) I have lots of seed pods, but have not taken much time to get any going. Ones have dropped to the ground, and start off but it seems slow growing. Thanks for reading!

Grew this plant in Huntington Beach, CA. Beautiful yellow flowers in Spring, then whispy light green folage the rest of the year. A ve...Read Morery fast grower. Temperature was approx. 40 to 90 degrees and it was in afternoon sun. Needs to be supported, gets to 15-20 ft, if you let it.

This cultivar of gelsemium sempervirens was one of the 2005 Gold Medal Plant Winners of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. It was c...Read Morehosen in part for its superior sized, fragrant yellow flowers, and in part for its cold-hardiness. According to hgtv.com, this cultivar has survived a -25 F cold spell with no damage.

It is a versatile vine and is adaptable to many soil conditions, but some in the southern United States consider it invasive.

Update:

Margarita finishes its first season outside in Bucyrus, Ohio with no appreciable winter damage. Our coldest temperature was 0 Fahrenheit, but this vine stayed evergreen. There was no defoliation. I'd expect this to be root hardy even if the top of the vine were killed. 0 Fahrenheit doesn't phaze it, though.