A well known house plant, the West Indian Jasmine is a lovely flowering vine with fragrant white flowers that bloom throughout the summer. The flowers are followed by small, juicy, orange fruit. Highly adaptable to different light conditions and indoor temperatures, this plant is a good choice for people who want to try growing a tropical plant.
West Indian Jasmine is a semi-evergreen shrub with green, bell-shaped flowers. Its foliage is thin and leathery, but the shrub looks attractive when the leaves turn red or brown in the fall. The shrub grows up to 10 feet tall and about as wide. It is a hardy plant and can be grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12.