Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegata' Sinclair Adam Like all the shrubby sages

Like all the shrubby sages

Few native trees give so much fragrance and fine texture for so little trouble

before the leaves and before almost anything else in the woods

Where big blue hostas sprawl and

reaching four to six feet in height and spread

Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Variegata' Sinclair Adam Like all the shrubby sagesThis 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