Japanese name: ハゴロモジャスミン（羽衣素馨） Scientific name:Jasminum polyanthum
[Overview]
A climbing evergreen shrub.
The leaves are opposite and pinnately compound with 5–7 leaflets; the terminal leaflet is ovate-round with 3 conspicuous veins.
The base of the leaf stalk clasps the stem.
The flowers are borne 30–40 in cymes at the branch tips.
The buds are pinkish purple; when open, the flowers are white with a pinkish-purple outside, salverform, and the corolla lobes are ovate-round, in 5 lobes.
The flowers have a strong fragrance.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings.
It prefers a sunny site and sandy soil.
It is vigorous and cold-hardy, but if it is exposed to strong cold at the bud stage in January–February, it will not flower.
