Pink Jasmine, Winter Jasmine                JAS-mi-num poly-AN-thum

• Evergreen fast-growing vine or climber, to 20 ft (6 m), slender branches.  Leaves opposite, pinnately compound, 5-7 pointed leaflets, terminal leaflet longest, dark green, paler underside.  Flowers are star-shaped, white, rose on the outside, borne in dense clusters (cymes), very fragrant; flower buds delicate, pink, long, pointed; blooms heaviest in late-winter.
• Sun or light shade.  Adaptable, prefers well-drained soil, but does well in poor soils.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 8      Native to western China.