Cold hardiness & minimum temperature

Is Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' (Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans')cold hardy? Hardiness zone & min temp

Also called Maid of Orleans jasmine, single Arabian jasmine.

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About Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans'

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' · also called Maid of Orleans jasmine, single Arabian jasmine · flowering

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' is the classic Arabian jasmine, a tender evergreen shrub-climber with single, pinwheel white flowers that perfume the air, especially at night. It blooms almost continuously in warm conditions and is the jasmine used for tea and garlands. Give it heat, full sun to bright light, steady moisture and regular feeding for nonstop fragrant flowers.

Cold limit: USDA 9-11 (indoor or frost-free patio plant in cooler US zones and most of the UK) · RHS H1c (18-30°C)

Watch for — Bud drop and wilting: Drying out, cold draughts or sudden temperature swings make buds and leaves fall. Keep the soil evenly moist, warm and out of cold draughts during flowering.

What jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans''s hardiness rating actually means

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' is not cold hardy. It is a tropical houseplant that dies if it is left out through frost — there is no zone where it overwinters outdoors in a UK or cold-US climate. Its RHS rating of H1c means: Warm-temperate — can summer outdoors but must come in well before the first frost. On the US scale that maps to USDA 9-11 (indoor or frost-free patio plant in cooler US zones and most of the UK) — the zones where it can be left outdoors year-round.

New to these scales? The USDA hardiness zone map explained covers how the zone numbers work, and you can find your own zone with the zone finder.

Minimum temperature — and what happens below it

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly about 5 °C (and never frost). Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' has no frost tolerance at all — it is an indoor plant in any climate with a real winter.

Concretely, for jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' as it gets too cold:

Below about about 5 °C, growth stalls and the leaves start to show cold stress — dark, water-soaked, or yellowing patches.
A single light frost blackens the foliage; a hard freeze kills the whole plant, roots included, and it does not recover.
Even a cold, draughty windowsill or an unheated porch in winter can be enough to damage it permanently.

Can jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' go outside or overwinter — and where?

It can holiday outdoors in summer once nights are reliably above 5 °C, in shade or dappled light, hardened off gradually.
Bring it back indoors well before the first autumn frost — do not wait for a frost warning, move it when nights drop toward 10-12 °C.
It will never overwinter outside in a temperate climate; the indoors is its winter home, full stop.

Work back from your local frost dates with the frost-date calculator: the last spring frost and first autumn frost are what really decide when jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' can be outside. US growers can check USDA zones; UK growers should use the RHS hardiness ratings, which match the H1c figure above.

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' hardiness — frequently asked questions

Is jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' cold hardy?

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' is not cold hardy. It is a tropical houseplant that dies if it is left out through frost — there is no zone where it overwinters outdoors in a UK or cold-US climate. Indoor-only in almost every home. Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' can only live outside year-round in genuinely frost-free climates (roughly USDA 9-11 (indoor or frost-free patio plant in cooler US zones and most of the UK)); everywhere else it is a houseplant that summers out at most.

What is the minimum temperature jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' can survive?

Minimum survivable temperature is roughly about 5 °C (and never frost). Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' has no frost tolerance at all — it is an indoor plant in any climate with a real winter.

What hardiness zone is jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans'?

Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans' is rated USDA 9-11 (indoor or frost-free patio plant in cooler US zones and most of the UK) and RHS H1c — Warm-temperate — can summer outdoors but must come in well before the first frost.

Can jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' survive winter outside?

It can holiday outdoors in summer once nights are reliably above 5 °C, in shade or dappled light, hardened off gradually. Bring it back indoors well before the first autumn frost — do not wait for a frost warning, move it when nights drop toward 10-12 °C. It will never overwinter outside in a temperate climate; the indoors is its winter home, full stop.

What happens to jasminum sambac 'maid of orleans' below its minimum temperature?

Below about about 5 °C, growth stalls and the leaves start to show cold stress — dark, water-soaked, or yellowing patches. A single light frost blackens the foliage; a hard freeze kills the whole plant, roots included, and it does not recover. Even a cold, draughty windowsill or an unheated porch in winter can be enough to damage it permanently.