Gelsemium sempervirens (hardy) ‘Margarita’ prophouse-fall-2027 The elliptic leaves are thick

The elliptic leaves are thick and almost succulent

but here the show comes on an evergreen

seldom seen in cultivation

best given an open site with deep

Gelsemium sempervirens (hardy) ‘Margarita’ prophouse-fall-2027 The elliptic leaves are thickCarolina jessamine is the state flower of South Carolina and one of the most beloved evergreen vines of the South, prized for the wash of fragrant yellow trumpets that opens the gardening year. 'Margarita' is the cold hardy answer to that beauty, a selection that carries the same sweet scented gold well north of where the species usually gives out. Named by Gene Cline, a true native plant pioneer, from a plant found in northern Georgia, 'Margarita'