| General Description | Jasminum azoricum is an evergreen, tropical, climbing shrub with terete, twining, glabrous shoots and fragrant, white, star-shaped flowers. |
| ID Characteristic | Characteristically fragrant, white flowers. |
| Landscape | Can be trained over pergolas, arches, arbours and fences. |
| Propagation | By semi-ripe cuttings in late summer to early autumn. Overwinter at 7° - 10°C / 45° - 50° F. Also by ripe seed or layers. |
| Cultivation | Plant outside in spring, in moist, well-drained soil. Water generously in summer and sparingly in winter. Azoricum is a frost-tender species. In cooler climates, grow in a cool glasshouse or conservatory with minimum temperature 5°C / 40°F or supported in 30 cm pots containing moderately-fertile loam-based soil. Does not require pruning other than thinning out overgrowth. Ventilate freely when possible. |
| Pests | Susceptible to attack from polyphagous aphids and mealybugs. Frost damaged plants are prone to grey mould, causing dieback. |
| Leaf Description | Opposite with 3 bright green, ovate, acute, wavy leaflets with heart-shaped bases and terminal leaflet larger. |
| Flower Description | On long stalk, fragrant, up to 6 pure white petals, 1 cm long with curling tips. In terminal, loose, branching clusters. |
| Fruit Description | Two-valved, dark berry. |
