Jasminum beesianum Check with George at home in the flood-prone

at home in the flood-prone bottoms and streambanks from Texas east to South Carolina and up the Mississippi Valley as far as Illinois and Indiana

snakebite and skin complaints

and a touch of the exotic to an adventurous garden

lines the stems with clusters of small

and furled tight so they never quite open

Jasminum beesianum Check with George at home in the flood-proneJasminum beesianum, the red jasmine or Bee's jasmine, breaks the mold of a genus known for white and yellow flowers. This vigorous, semi evergreen twining climber from the mountains of Yunnan and Sichuan carries small, star shaped blooms in a deep rose to velvet red, an unusual color among the jasmines, softly and sweetly fragrant, opening in late spring over slender stems and small, pointed green leaves. The red flowers are followed by shining black