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Jasmine plant UK: name it before you pay

Updated: 22 October 2026

You are about to order a live plant for a fence, an arch, or a bright room, and the amazon.co.uk results all answer to jasmine. This jasmine plant UK guide is the decision order: Latin name, then the winter you actually get, then the size of the roots you are paying for. The five listings in the [jasmine plant comparison](/hub/ornamental-plants/jasmine-plant) are three Jasminum × stephanense plants, one Stephanotis floribunda hoop, and one gardenia pair sold as cape jasmine. Peter F. read the listings on 20 October 2026. A qualifying purchase through our links can earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You are about to order a live plant for a fence, an arch, or a bright room, and the amazon.co.uk results all answer to jasmine.

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Carbeth Plants Starry Starry jasmine, 9 cm pot

Best overall

Carbeth Plants Starry Starry jasmine, 9 cm pot
7.8/10about £12.99
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Carbeth Plants Cape jasmine, two 9 cm pots

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Carbeth Plants Cape jasmine, two 9 cm pots
6.7/10about £18.99
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Carbeth Plants Madagascar jasmine on a hoop

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Carbeth Plants Madagascar jasmine on a hoop
6.3/10about £19.99
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On this page
  1. 1.Name the plant before you compare the price
  2. 2.Match the plant to your winter
  3. 3.Pay for roots, not for a photograph
  4. 4.What arrives in the box

Name the plant before you compare the price

True jasmine is the genus Jasminum. Star jasmine, Madagascar jasmine and cape jasmine share a trade name and belong to other genera. A climber for a normal British winter is Jasminum, not a photograph of white flowers. Common jasmine, winter jasmine, and Chinese jasmine are what many shoppers mean, and none of them is among these five ASINs. This comparison sells Jasminum × stephanense, a pale pink, scented, deciduous summer climber. The titles do not print Ganmin 1701, so do not treat the parcel as that protected cultivar. The hoop is Stephanotis floribunda. The other pair is gardenia, sold as cape jasmine, and the plant-type field still says Jasmine. Evergreen cover means star jasmine, which this basket does not stock. That choice is on the jasmine vs star jasmine page.

Match the plant to your winter

Hardiness is an RHS rating for a plant in the ground, not a promise for a small pot on a windy balcony. Jasminum officinale and Jasminum nudiflorum are H5, about -15 to -10°C. Jasminum × stephanense is also H5 on its profile, and the growing guide still says to bring pots indoors or mulch a sheltered plant in the ground. A seller's word hardy does not cancel that. Star jasmine is H4, about -10 to -5°C. Jasminum polyanthum is H2 and will not survive freezing. Stephanotis is H1B. Species Gardenia jasminoides is H1C. Crown Jewel and Kleim's Hardy are H3, and White Crown Jewels does not prove that cultivar. Indoor care is on the indoor jasmine plant page.
Carbeth Plants Starry Starry jasmine, 9 cm pot

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Carbeth Plants Starry Starry jasmine, 9 cm pot
7.8/10about £12.99
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Pay for roots, not for a photograph

A 9 cm pot is the width of the rim, not the height of a mature climber. Crocus describes 9 cm stock, as a rule of thumb for its own nursery, as typically one to two years old. That is a catalogue guide, not a measurement of these Amazon plants. The twin claims two 9 cm pots, while the unit-count field says 1.0. On 20 October 2026, Crocus and RHS Plants listed 3 litre jasmine around £28 to £30, and those pots are not ASINs here.

What arrives in the box

Distance sellers of plants for planting must give the final customer a UK plant passport. That is GOV.UK guidance for Great Britain online sales. Scotland uses SASA. Northern Ireland is not the same regime, so check DAERA. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires satisfactory quality and a match to the description. Which? says tell the seller promptly, and within 30 days, if a posted plant is dead or not as described, because plants may be treated as perishable. A smaller live plant is a different disappointment from a dead one.

Common questions

Which jasmine survives a normal UK winter outside?
Jasminum officinale and Jasminum nudiflorum are RHS H5, about -15 to -10°C, in the ground. Jasminum × stephanense is listed H5, and the growing guide still says to bring pots indoors or mulch a sheltered ground planting. Stephanotis and the species gardenia are tender. None of those ratings is a guarantee in a pot on an exposed hill.
Is a £12.99 9 cm plant enough for a new arch?
It is enough as a young start, not as this summer's cover. Reviews on the Carbeth 9 cm pot include plants only a few inches tall. Crocus treats 9 cm stock as roughly one to two years old. An arch needs wires and several years of growth. A 3 litre cane is the next step up, and it is not an ASIN in this set.
What is the difference between a plug, a 9 cm pot and a 3 litre cane?
The plug is one unpotted-cell Jasminum stephanense, with nine reviews. A 9 cm pot is a small nursery pot, one plant or a claimed pair. A 3 litre cane is an older plant on a short support, listed by Crocus and RHS Plants around £28 to £30 on 20 October 2026. You are paying for roots and a head start.
Does an online plant order include a plant passport?
For a distance sale of a plant for planting to a customer in Great Britain, GOV.UK says the seller must provide a UK plant passport. Look on the plant, the paperwork, or the parcel. Scotland's authority is SASA. Northern Ireland follows DAERA. A missing passport is a traceability problem to raise with the seller.
What can you do if the plant arrives dead?
Tell the seller as soon as you open the box, and within 30 days, if it is dead, snapped, or not as described. Which? notes that posted plants can be treated as perishable, so the ordinary change-of-mind cancellation may not apply. Keep photos. A live plant that is merely smaller than you hoped is not the same claim as a dead one.
Which of these five listings is a houseplant rather than a climber?
The Carbeth hoop is Stephanotis floribunda, sold for indoors, at about 40 cm on a hoop. The gardenia pair is a shrub, and the listing does not answer its own indoor question. The three stephanense listings are the outdoor climbers. Common jasmine, winter jasmine, and star jasmine are not in the five.

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Sources

Public UK sources used for this comparison, last checked on 20 October 2026. Shelf prices, stars and review counts are the stored amazon.co.uk figures. The price band is this set, not a market average. These plants were not grown as a trial.

  1. RHS: jasmine growing guide (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  2. RHS: jasmine plant guide (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  3. RHS: Jasminum × stephanense (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  4. RHS: Trachelospermum (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  5. RHS: Stephanotis floribunda (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  6. BBC Gardeners' World: how to grow stephanotis (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  7. RHS: how to grow gardenia (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  8. GOV.UK: plant passports for trade in Great Britain (retrieved 20 October 2026)
  9. Which?: houseplants in the post (retrieved 20 October 2026)