Yellow Jessamine

Yellow Jessamine is also known as Carolina Jessamine, Evening Trumpetflower, and Poor Man’s Rope. It is an evergreen, twining vine that grows on wiry reddish-brown stems up to 20 feet long in full sun to partial shade and moist soils, producing shiny, light green leaves and fragrant, funnel-shaped, bright yellow flowers. Depending on the location, these flowers appear either singly or in clusters in late winter to early spring, and while they attract bees, their nectar is toxic to honeybees if consumed in large amounts. Moreover, the flowers, leaves, and roots are poisonous to humans, as well as the honey produced from its nectar.