The Smell of Jasmine

One of the things I love about our new home is the confederate jasmine growing on the fence. The smell is intoxicating.

We even had the landscaper place jasmine on the newly built wooden fence in a trellis pattern. It has grown well in less than a year and is now blooming.

Jasmine, y'all!

The Smell of Jasmine

Wow! If you could smell the cool air of Uptown lately, the wafting of Confederate jasmine is intoxicating. The stately cast iron fences are filled with the fragrant blooms.

Jasmine, y'all!

The Scent of Uptown {Jasmine}

Along my afternoon walks, the scent in the air these days is the sweet scent of Confederate jasmine.

Climbing up walls, trained on trellises, or just growing up lamp posts, the scent of jasmine is recognizable and invigorating.

This beautiful and energetic evergreen vine creates a special scene all through the year as clambers 40 ft (12 m) up tree trunks using its holdfast roots to pull itself almost to the top. During April and May the plant goes two-tone as it flushes light green with new growth. Shortly thereafter the scene transforms again when the delicate 1 in (2.5 cm) white pinwheel flowers delicately breathe enchanting fragrances into the spring air.

Confederate jasmine grows as a neat tangle of slender wiry stems that exude white latex when cut. These are covered with thick glossy evergreen leaves that are 2 in (5 cm) long, oval shaped, and pointed at both ends. The stems will twine and clamber over supports and cling to walls and hard surfaces with great ease and abandon.

Does jasmine grow in your neck of the woods?

Jasmine, y'all!

Jasmine is On My Mind

The smell of Confederate jasmine in Uptown at this time of year is intoxicating.

The tiny white star-shaped blooms cast a sweet aroma through the neighborhood.

I adore the look of the vine trained in an "X" pattern. It looks so classic.

Jasmine blooms, y'all!

Jasmine in my Mind.....Confederate Jasmine, that is!

Take a walk with me Uptown. The smells of the jasmine and gardenia at this time of year are intoxicating. Whether growing on a fence, trained in manicured Xs on a fence or brick wall, trailing up a light post, or cascading from majestic urns, Confederate Jasmine in full bloom is certainly a show stopper. I wish someone could invent “smell-a-blog” so that I could share the wonderful aroma of this easy to grow New Orleans staple.

The Confederate Jasmine (Jasminoides) is generally described as a perennial vine. Its most active growth period occurs in the spring and summer. The Confederate Jasmine (Jasminoides) has dark green foliage and white flowers that smell amazing. Leaves are retained year to year. The Confederate Jasmine has a long life span relative to most other plant species and a rapid growth rate.

The Confederate Jasmine is easily found in nurseries, garden stores and other plant dealers and distributors. It can be propagated by bare root, container, cuttings. Confederate Jasmine is easy to grow and maintain with simple pruning.

Is jasmine in your mind, y’all?

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