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Sunday - May 09, 2010
From: Syracuse, NY
Region: Northeast
Topic: Trees
Title: Can Carolina jessamine be grown in Syracuse NY?
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
Hi--Can Carolina Jessamine be grown in Syracuse, New York?ANSWER:
Gelsemium sempervirens (evening trumpetflower) is native to North America, in the Southeast and as far west as Texas. It is hardy in USDA Hardiness Zones 7 to 9; Syracuse is Zone 5b. This Floridata site states that it can withstand light frosts, but protracted freezing will kill it. You would have jessaminecicles. Sorry.
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