Pinch the tips to stimulate lateral growth and prune after flowering if necessary to restrain growth. If the vine is grown as a groundcover, trim the upward-twining stems. Additional plants can be propagated from stem cuttings. Indoors, Confederate jasmine grows best in bright indirect or curtain-filtered sunlight except in winter, when they need at least four hours of direct sunlight a day. Madison has superior hardiness and is recommended for the Upstate.
Confederate jasmine is relatively problem- free.
Rabbits like to graze on this plant. It has smaller, darker leaves and smaller, yellowish white flowers than the confederate jasmine. It is also more cold hardy than the latter. Prepared by Marjan Kluepfel, HGIC Information Specialist, and Bob Polomski, Extension Consumer Horticulturist, Clemson University. This information is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service is implied.