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Anyone in PNW have a Jasminum ‘Fiona Sunrise’?

last year

I’m wanting to put this in my backyard after seeing it in local nursery. Anyone have experience with it? Seems hardier than the regular star jasmine.



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  • last year
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    It's a different species from Star Jasmine, which isn't a true Jasmine at all. Should be OK in your zone. Personally I'm not keen on any of the yellow or variegated leaf J. officinalis. They look chlorotic to me. And I believe the foliage doesn't stand up well to hot sun.

    KW PNW Z8 thanked floraluk2
  • last year

    @floraluk2 Thanks for replying. Interesting you think they look chlorotic - that was my first thought when I saw them. But, my backyard has huge fir trees on east side property over the fence & I have lots of bright yellow euonymus so I decided it would fit right in. I returned to nursery to buy 2 - they’d had quite a few so I wanted to take the time to do a bit of research before buying even though they weren’t expensive. When I returned 2 days later to buy 2 of them, they had only 2 left! Nursery person said they’d been a hot seller! They are from another nursery 3 hours north so the same climate as my area. I am replacing 2 clematis both of which had 2 seasons on them but now there’s nothing sprouting from ground or stems left on trellis’s & 1 was already a replacement for a clem that didn’t make it. Decided I needed something different & I want less than 20’ vine. I was pondering roses but I don’t want that much work. I have 2 other smaller clematis that are doing well, starting to bloom & full of buds. I thought the leaf shape is interesting & tag & research says flowers are fragrant. For full sun & 10’ height, it might be just the ticket. Will see how they do through & if they come up next spring.

  • last year

    I have the plain green leafed J officinalis. Perfectly hardy in my climate. Grew it from a cutting taken 35 years ago in the South of France.

    KW PNW Z8 thanked floraluk2
  • last year

    floral - are the flowers as fragrant as the star jasmine? I haven’t planted yet - too chilly today - but the pots are set by 2 trellis. The one in 2nd pic by the chimney pots is at end of arbor type structure & I’d like it to grow up little metal trellis to top of structure. The pics show the plants with yellow & limey green that are my theme against those firs behind the fence.




  • 6 months ago

    @passionvine Well, wow!! & Holy Cow! Your Fiona Sunrise is gorgeous! The two that I planted are still alive & have filled in a bit - no flowers this year - or, maybe one. But their color is lovely & they are large enough to be noticed. Your report of them taking a few years to establish gives me hope that they’ll thrive after all. I also am i Vancouver WA! I am in NE corner just outside city limits. I saw this vine at our local Shorty’s / now 7 Dees. I didn’t buy one & they had quite a few in stock. I came home, thought about it, did some research & went back just a couple days later to get 2. They had exactly 2 left!! I inquired & they said they’d sold like hotcakes. I’ve never seen them in the store since.

  • 6 days ago
    last modified: 6 days ago

    I have had the variegted cultiver Jasminum officinale 'Aureovariegatum' in SE Portland for at least fifteen years. It did take awhile to establish. It isn't quite as fragrant as Trachelospermum "star jasmine" but close. I've killed Fiona a couple of times : ( I can't keep star jasmine alive at all. Have tried many times since the 90's. Loved it when I lived in Phoenix AZ not OR.

    KW PNW Z8 thanked buyorsell888
  • 5 days ago

    @buyorsell888 -thanks for your post. It brought me back to my question about this plant. I did plant two of these Fiona Sunrise last year. I remember that when I decided to press on with purchasing & planting two, I was surprised that the nursery where I saw them had only two left! When I first saw them a few days prior they had a large table full of them. They were a popular addition to nursery stock. My two planted vines did grow & each had a couple of very fragrant flowers last summer. The vines are currently leafless & sad looking. I’m waiting to see signs of life with budding leaves as so many other plants are now coming to life early due to our warmer winter & early spring warmth these last few days. Your experience with having this plant do well in Phoenix makes me think it needs consistenly warm weathe. But, I remember some leaf scorch on those yellow leaves last summer when we were in extreme heat days.

  • 3 days ago

    It was Star Jasmine that I grew in Phoenix, in the shade, not Fiona Sunrise (true Jasmine).

    My variegated Jasmine officinale is just barely breaking dormancy right now in SE Portland.

    KW PNW Z8 thanked buyorsell888
  • 2 days ago

    Well, I was outside enjoying the weather most of yesterday & guess what’s starting to leaf out? Yes! Both of my Fiona Sunrise plants! Yippee! I had star jasmine in Nothern CA - it grew luxurious & wonderful all year. It’s too cold in winter here in PNW for it unless it’s in a protected spot. My neighbor covers his in winter when temps drop too low. That’s so much effort & I’’m too lazy to do that.

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