Add vibrant color and early-season fragrance to your garden with Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens), also known as Yellow Jasmine. This evergreen vine produces bright golden-yellow trumpet flowers with a light, sweet fragrance, often blooming in late winter to early spring when few plants flower.

This listing includes one healthy, well-rooted starter plant approximately 2–8 inches tall, shipped in a pot and ready to grow. With proper care, it develops into a fast-growing climbing vine ideal for trellises, fences, arbors, or as a groundcover.

Carolina Jessamine is favored in southern gardens and warm climates, being ornamental and low-maintenance once established.

• 1 live Carolina Jessamine plant
• Size: approximately 2–8 inches tall
• Fully rooted starter plant in pot
• Bright yellow fragrant blooms when mature
• Secure packaging for safe delivery

Growing Information

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

Care Tip

Keep in a small pot initially (under 4 inches) to allow roots to establish before transplanting. Gradually introduce to sunlight. Provide a trellis or support early for climbing growth. Some leaf drop after shipping is normal; place in shade and water lightly to aid recovery.

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.