Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegata' Sinclair Adam Where big blue hostas sprawl

Where big blue hostas sprawl and

The silver fronds catch and hold light in the dimmest corners

and shares the clan's five-petaled

with the sweet gardenia fragrance the genus is loved for

reaching four to six feet in height and spread

Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegata' Sinclair Adam Where big blue hostas sprawlThis variegated form of Confederate jasmine, or star jasmine, is grown as much for the foliage as the flowers. Each leathery, evergreen leaf is bordered and splashed with creamy white, often flushed pink in cool weather, and the leaves run larger than on most forms of Trachelospermum jasminoides, so the vine reads as a soft, marbled cloud of green and cream on a fence or trellis even out of bloom. In late spring and summer the familiar white, star