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Is this a variegated star jasmine?

squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
edited April 2021 in Plants
I saw this beauty today... is it a variegated star jasmine? It’s a woody climber (wish I took a better photo!) 
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,229
    Hello squirral. It is not a jasmine and I think it is one of the Euonymus family.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699
    It looks like a variegated Pittosporum to me. 
  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    edited April 2021
    Really? It’s a woody climber - I know the photo isn’t clear but it was climbing up a pillar. 

    Here’s another photo (slightly clearer). Photo is the wrong way round (not sure how to change that)
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,229
    Euonymus, will 'climb' (not self clinging though) up a wall. @Borderline I thought Pittosporum at first but the picture doesn't appear to show the striking black stems I associate with Pittosporum.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,699
    If it's winding up a pillar, then unlikely to be a Pittosporum. You might be right.
  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    Here it is!

    https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/93768/Trachelospermum-jasminoides-Variegatum-(v)/Details

    I think I’ve found my fav climber :)
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,229
    I am pleased that you have found your plant squirral. When it flowers you will know for sure. I am very envious!
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 11,199
    It still looks more like a variegated euronymus to me.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • squirral87k4-WvGwTsquirral87k4-WvGwT Posts: 167
    It’s beautiful! I saw it in the park but will now look for it at the garden center... 
  • AthelasAthelas Posts: 761
    It looks like my variegated star jasmine (which lives in the garage)


    Cambridgeshire
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