Jasminum mesnyi: Difference between revisions

'''''Jasminum mesnyi''''', the '''primrose jasmine''' or '''Japanese jasmine''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Oleaceae]], [[native plant|native]] to [[Vietnam]] and southern [[China]] ([[Guizhou]], [[Sichuan]], [[Yunnan]]). It is also reportedly naturalized in [[Mexico]], [[Honduras]] and parts of the southern [[United States]] ([[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Alabama]], [[Louisiana]], [[Texas]], [[Arizona]]).<ref name="WCSP">[http{{Cite web |title=Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://appspowo.science.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=351575 Kew|access-date=2023-05-18 World Checklist|website=Plants of Selectedthe PlantWorld Families, ''JasminumOnline mesnyi'']|language=en}}</ref><ref name="jasmineappleberry">[{{Cite web |title=Jasminum mesnyi in Flora of China @ efloras.org |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000871 Flora of|access-date=2023-05-18 China v 15 p 311, ''Jasminum mesnyi'']|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Jasminum%20mesnyi.png Biota of North America Program]</ref>

''Jasminum mesnyi'' is a scrambling [[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to {{convert|3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|1|-|2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide, with fragrant yellow flowers in spring and summer. The form usually found in cultivation has semi-double flowers.<ref name="jasmineappleberry"/> It is not frost-[[Hardiness (plants)|hardy]]. With suitable support it can be grown as a slender [[vine|climber]], though in confined spaces it will require regular pruning.<ref name="jasmineappleberry"/><ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1405332964978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Bob Mitchell|title=St Andrews Botanic Garden plant of the month - ''Jasminum mesnyi''|url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~gdk/stabg_new/poms/2011/mar11pom.htm|date=March 2011|publisher=St Andrews University|accessdate=20 May 2013}}</ref><ref>[httphttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8946802#page/49/mode/1up Hance, Henry Fletcher. 1882. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 20(230): 37]</ref>

''Jasminum mesnyi'' has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Jasminum mesnyi''|url=httphttps://appswww.rhs.org.uk/plantselectorPlants/plant?plantid9451/Jasminum-mesnyi/Details|publisher=1060Royal Horticultural Society|accessdate=25 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 56 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate =20 May14 2013March 2018}}</ref>

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