A garden question for Southerners

[mac56]

When we lived in Georgia, our garden had a vining plant that the neighbors called "Confederate Ivy". Now we're up North again and want to try and cultivate some. Unfortunately, "Confederate Ivy" doesn't seem to be it's real name! Google searches turn up nothing.

Does anyone know about Confederate Ivy? And what it's real name is?

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Did it look like this:

[Xipe Totec]

3. Isn't' that Star Jasmin? n/t

[Call Me Wesley]

4. Yep. It's also called 'Confederate Jasmin.' (nt)

[Xipe Totec]

12. This is how I recognized it

These are my boys when they were very young. The pic was taken in South Texas.

I do miss the smell of jasmin...

[mac56]

5. That sure looks like it.

What's its real name?

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Star Jasmine. -- Edit to add a link:

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/55230/

[Deja Q]

7. Apart from empty egocentrism, why oh why would

people call it something it is not?

[crispini]

8. Regional names for plants vary wildly.

Look in any gardening book -- plants can have five or six "common" names, and sometimes they're pretty wildly different from each other. That's why the professionals (which I am not) use the Latin names -- they are always the same and you always know what you're referring to.

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Latin names rule!

At least for plant/animal names. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Dunno.

What you call a daisy, we call 'duck flowers.' Probably because of Daisy Duck. :shrug:

Plants have many names, I guess. :hi:

[ChoralScholar]

2. It's not Kuzdu is it? EOM

[Xipe Totec]

10. If it's a jasmine, it won't grow above the frost line

Jasmine is not frost hardy, I'm sorry to say. If it was, I'd have it all over my garden in MA.

I love the stuff!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

13. Confederate jasmine

and it will take over your yard, grow into your windows and eat your children. But it smells great. It is in bloom right now.