This Jasmine blooms all year with white flowers that resemble pinwheels. A very easy to grow plant just like the regular Pinwheel Jasmine but the leaves on this beauty are a light shade of green with white spots or speckles. Variegated Pinwheel Jasmine will still bloom in a good amount of shade, which is uncommon for many flowering shrubs.
How to care for Variegated Pinwheel Jasmine
Light. Grows in full sun to shade and blooms even in shade. Plants look best in filtered or partial shade.
Water. Water often while it settles in. It likes moist, well-drained soil but needs little extra water once established.
Soil and feeding. It does best in acidic soil. In alkaline soil, feed regularly with a shrub fertilizer such as Shrub Special to prevent yellow leaves, and plant it away from concrete.
Size. Usually kept to 4–6 ft with pruning. Like the green form, it can reach 6–10 ft tall and 3–6 ft wide if left alone.
Pruning. Prune to keep it compact if you want a smaller shrub.
Problems to watch. Long-term health is rarely affected, but scale, sooty mold, mites and nematodes can turn up. Treat scale with Insecticidal Soap.
Good to know. The flowers stand out at night. Stems bleed a milky sap when cut. A hard freeze kills it back, but it recovers quickly.
Sources: UF/IFAS EDIS FPS-568: Tabernaemontana divaricata, Crepe Jasmine, Pinwheel Flower · UF/IFAS Gardening Solutions: Crepe Jasmine
