Arabic jasmine, or Jasminum sambac,

Arabic jasmine, or Jasminum sambac, is highly frost sensitive and can only be grown outdoors in tropical and subtropical climates. The white flowers bloom in summer and produce a rich floral scent. This is the scented jasmine used to infuse tea in China to create jasmine green tea. This tropical jasmine also has been introduced to Hawaii, where it is used to make scented leis. Unlike the rambling climbing common jasmine, Arabic jasmine is a bushy evergreen shrub that grows 5 to 6 feet (about 1.5 to 1.8 m) tall.

Spanish Jasmine, or Jasminum grandiflorum, is a vine variety of scented jasmine. The flowers are white with a diameter of 1 to 1.5 inches (about 2.5 to 3 cm) in diameter. Spanish jasmine is semi-evergreen and tends to shed its leaves in winter.

Jasminum humile, or Italian jasmine, has yellow star-shaped flowers that infuse the air with a rich scent in summer. It is an evergreen vine that tends to grow into a mounded shape when not trained on a trellis or other structure. It can also be pruned to grow as a dense shrub.


Pink jasmine, or Jasminum polyanthum, grows in mild climates. The delicate pink flowers provide a light scent in early through late summer. It is a climbing evergreen jasmine variety.