8a, to be exact. Everything I've read says zone 10 and 11, but I'd really like to try. I've read that some people have been able to, but can't find any growing tips. I don't want to grow it indoors unless I have to, but I don't mind wintering it. I like it, but keeping it indoors the scent just gets too strong!
Can you grow night blooming jasmine in a zone 8?
"Jasmine" covers a wide variety of shrubs and vines, some with fragrant flowers. The kind you are referring to may be a "Star Jasmine" for the shape of the flowers. In California and Arizona, it is often called night-blooming jasmine. If so, it is not a true jasmine, but rather a trachelospermum, aka trachelospermum jasminoides. This plant can be trained to vine up to 20 feet, or pinched back to form a spreading bush. It is very fragrant and has glossy green leaves and brilliant small, white flowers. Is that what you have?
It is widely planted in the temperate areas of the southwest and gulf states and can be sustained with some sheltering from frost down to zone 8. It is quite hardy and can survive dying back somewhat from frost. But, a hard frost, i.e. several days below freezing may kill it.
If you have that risk in our area, you might try planting it in a large container or half barrel of oak and move it to the south side of the house under an eave in the winter time. Nurseries and home improvement stores have three- or four-wheeled "tractors" that you can put large containers on to make the easier to move around.
Hope that helps.
Reply:If you can bring it in during winter, then it seems to me you would have no difficulty growing it outdoors. Just keep an eye out for pests, and an ear on the weather so as to bring it in before things get rough.
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