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marginal perennial

A few years ago, I bought a "confederate jasmine" (trachelospermum?) and 
the seller assured me that it is hardy in our area (zone 7).  After I 
planted it in the yard, someone told me that it is not.  Well...they 
were both right, more or less.  After two winters, it is still alive.  
However, it dies to the ground each winter, and then spends the next 3 
seasons recovering, but never makes enough progress to thrive and bloom.  

Does anyone have any good tips for protecting it?  I thought about just 
trying to mulch it reallly well, but that wouldn't protect any of the 
climbing stems (it's on a small trellis).  Could I wrap fabric around 
the whole trellis, or would that kill it by blocking too much light?  
Or, should I just give up and grow it as a houseplant?

Nancy Lowe
Arkansas, zone 7

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