Add early-season color and fragrance to your garden with this Carolina Jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) live starter plant. This fast-growing evergreen vine produces vibrant yellow trumpet-shaped flowers with a light, sweet fragrance in late winter to early spring—bringing your landscape to life when most plants are still dormant.

Perfect for trellises, fences, arbors, or cascading over walls, Carolina Jasmine is a versatile and low-maintenance vine that creates a lush, flowering display. Its glossy green foliage remains attractive year-round in warmer climates.

This listing includes a healthy starter plant, approximately 4–6 inches tall, ready to establish and grow in your outdoor space or container.

• 1 live Carolina Jasmine plant
• Height: approximately 4–6 inches
• Well-rooted starter plant
• Suitable for outdoor planting or containers
• Secure packaging for safe delivery

Growing Information

• Common Name: Carolina Jasmine, Yellow Jessamine
• Botanical Name: Gelsemium sempervirens
• Plant Type: Evergreen flowering vine
• Growth Stage: Starter plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
• Mature Height: 10–20 feet (with support)
• Growth Rate: Fast-growing
• Bloom Season: Late winter to early spring
• USDA Zones: 7–10
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Provide a trellis or support early to guide climbing growth. Prune after flowering to maintain shape and encourage fuller growth.

Note

This plant produces yellow flowers (not white) and is toxic if ingested—keep away from pets and children.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.