Hardiness zones:
Sunset 8-24
USDA 8 (borderline 7)-11

Landscape Use: Widely used in California and Arizona as a ground cover, raised planter, trellis plant, or wall cover

Form & Character: Evergreen vine, sprawling with ends of branches erect, mesic

Growth Habit: Twining new growth, spreading to 25', does not attach to surfaces but rather wraps itself around attaching surface

Foliage/texture: Opposite, oval leaves with prominent venation patterns on underside of leaves, produces milky latex, medium texture

Flowers & fruits: Star shaped, white, very fragrant (the knock your socks off kind) axillary flowers to 1.5" across in clusters of 3-5; fruit inconspicuous and are usually sterile.

Seasonal color: Heavy bloomer April/May in Arizona, June/July in California.

Temperature: Hardy

Light: In Phoenix partial shade with an eastern exposure is best. Can grow in full shade, but flowering is suppressed. Do not plant on a western exposures or in  reflected light situations.

Soil: Alkaline soils of the desert southwest will induce iron chlorosis

Watering: Needs regular water

Pruning: Little to none except to control spread

Propagation: Cutting

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: Star jasmine is less refined and more coarse textured than T. asiaticum. But ohh!! what flower fragrance. To use as a ground cover,  space one gallon container transplants at about 2' to 3' on center for eventual full cover. This is a heavy latex producer from cut stems.