Add a rare and highly fragrant vine to your collection with Telosma cordata, also known as Tonkin Jasmine, Pakalana vine, Chinese violet, or cowslip creeper. This tropical climber is prized for its intensely sweet-scented yellow blooms and unique twining growth habit.

This listing includes one healthy starter plant grown from a cutting and established in a 2.5-inch pot. Perfect for trellises, patios, or warm-climate gardens, this fast-growing vine brings both beauty and fragrance to outdoor spaces. Ideal for plant collectors and gardeners looking for something distinctive and aromatic.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Telosma cordata starter plant
✔️ Grown from cutting
✔️ Planted in 2.5-inch pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Tonkin Jasmine, Pakalana Vine, Chinese Violet
• Botanical Name: Telosma cordata
• Plant Type: Tropical flowering vine
• Growth Stage: Starter plant (rooted cutting)
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining, fertile soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist but not soggy
• Mature Height: 10–20+ feet (with support)
• Growth Rate: Fast in warm climates
• USDA Zones: 9–11
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Provide a trellis or support for climbing. Protect from cold temperatures and bring indoors if needed. Regular feeding during the growing season encourages vigorous growth and flowering.

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.