Primrose Jasmine, Thickets, Cherimoyas

The more I learn about primrose jasmine, the more I like it.  This time of year, it’s nice to look at, too.  Long shoots are bedazzled with butter yellow blooms.  Primrose jasmine will cover a ...

Wisteria Potential & Primrose Jasmine

In all the world, there is no vine like wisteria. From Sierra Madre to Jerusalem, I have seen nothing that can match its seemingly limitless potential for growth. How appropriate that wisteria should...

Planting Jasmine Makes Sense/Scents

You might think of jasmine as a delicate plant for cloistered gardens, where the soft scent of its perfume can be leisurely inhaled as it gently wafts through fresh, untainted air. Yet, at least thre...

Popcorn Jasmine and Feathery Cassia

For Valley gardeners, spring comes in February. Already, the popcorn jasmine (Jasminum mesneyi) is in bloom. Its sheets of puffy yellow and white flowers, slightly fragrant, drape themselves, tapestr...