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Jasmine Care: How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Jasmine Flowers
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Delicate and dainty with small flowers, jasmine is known around the world for its unique tropical smell and pretty blossoms that attract bees. The jasmine flower is usually white, although some species are yellow or cream, and it can bloom all year long. Jasmine can grow in a pot or hanging basket. It can also be planted directly in the ground and trained to climb or grow as bushes or ground cover.
Interested in growing Jasmine? Learn everything there is to know about jasmine plant care so you can enjoy its sweet-smelling flower and full, hardy look.
- What are Jasmine Flowers?
- Planting Jasmine Flowers
- Jasmine Plant Care
- Types of Jasmine
- Common Questions About Jasmine
What are Jasmine Flowers?
Jasmine flowers are tropical blooms that thrive in warmer climates. Most varieties have a distinct scent that is popular even off the vine. The smell of jasmine can be found in everything from teas to candles to soaps to lotion. Jasmine has bright green, glossy foliage and likes sun to light shade and relatively fertile, well-drained soil. Some jasmine plants are evergreen, meaning they will keep their green leaves year-round. While growing jasmine does require some effort, it’s well worth it, as the plant will put on a profuse, showy display of blooms that can liven up even the dullest of yards.
Planting Jasmine Flowers
Planting jasmine is easy. Just follow these simple tips.
- When to plant jasmine – Plant jasmine bushes any time between June and November.
- Where to plant jasmine – Jasmine will grow well in full sun to partial shaded areas. Summer-flowering jasmine does better in a sunny spot, while other varieties, such as winter jasmine, like a more shaded area.
- Soils that jasmine thrive in – Jasmine needs well-drained but moist, moderately fertile sandy loamy soil.
- Supports for jasmine – If planting a twining vine variety and wanting jasmine to climb, the plant will need a support structure. A trellis or fence will both work.
- How to space jasmine – Jasmine should be planted at least 8 feet, sometimes more depending on variety, apart to accommodate for its future root growth, as it will grow tremendously and does not like to be crowded.
- How deep to plant – Dig a hole for the jasmine that is just deep enough so the plant will rest at the same level in the ground as it was when it was in the pot. It doesn’t need to be planted in a deep hole.
Jasmine Plant Care
Jasmine is not particularly hard to care for, but it does require some attention in the beginning and needs regular feeding and pruning. Learn how to care for a jasmine plant below.
- Watering – Jasmine flowers that are in-ground should be watered once a week. If it is unusually dry or hot, increase the frequency, but let the soil dry out in between. If your jasmine is in a container, it will likely require water multiple times each week, especially in the hotter months. Water it once the top 1 inch of the soil is dry.
- Training – If growing jasmine to climb a structure like a trellis or fence, help it by training young vines. Begin to train jasmine just after planting by weaving young stems through the trellis sections or by gently and loosely tying them onto the fence or support.
- Amount of sunlight – Jasmine needs full sun or part shade – usually about 6 hours or more of direct sunlight each day for full sun, and 2 – 4 hours per day for partial shade.
The exact type of jasmine you plant, in addition to climate and other conditions, will determine how much sun a plant needs. - Tips on how to prune – To prune jasmine, first remove any damaged, diseased or dead stems from the plant to prevent any spread of disease. Then remove any stems that are tangled or that no longer flower. Help keep trained jasmine clean and tidy by snipping stems that are growing away from the plant. Prune jasmine blooms immediately after they flower so vines have enough time to grow before the following season. Pruning is easy – simply pinch the tips by squeezing them between your finger and thumbnail. Proper and regular pruning will promote lush, full foliage and rapid growth.
Types of Jasmine
Jasmine is a member of the olive family. The most common types are grown as vines, but there are some varieties that work as ground covers or shrubs, too. There are about 200 different species of jasmine, which is native to warmer, temperate tropical climates.
Jasmine plant types will all have slightly different needs, so it is important to know about the varieties before choosing which one to plant.
- Arabian Jasmine – This variety of jasmine is an evergreen shrub or vine. It has white, very strongly scented flowers that open in the evening. Arabian jasmine can grow from 3 – 9 feet tall.
- White Jasmine – White jasmine is native to Burma and China and is an evergreen twining climber. Its pinkish flower buds show in late winter to early spring and bloom into white star-like fragrant flowers. White jasmine can grow 20 – 30 feet tall and 7 – 15 feet wide, so you will need ample room for this variety.
- Purple Jasmine – The purple jasmine flower is also known as star jasmine. This twining vine blooms 2-inch flowers in the spring and summer. It can grow 20 feet as a vine, but can also be grown on a smaller scale as a hedge, shrub or ground cover.
- Forest Jasmine – A woody climber, forest jasmine has dark green glossy leaves and bright white flowers that have a slight tinge of pink.
It is a strong variety, with stems that can grow to more than 5 inches in diameter. - Winter Jasmine – Growing up to 15 feet tall if trained on a trellis, Winter jasmine is known for its striking yellow blooms. Winter jasmine is native to China and, unlike most jasmine, doesn’t twine. Because of this, it needs to be pruned more often than other varieties.
- Spanish Jasmine – Another highly scented variety, Spanish jasmine is a deciduous climber or shrub that is widely used in perfumes. It can grow 6 – 13 feet tall.
Common Questions About Jasmine
Is Jasmine an annual or perennial?
Jasmine is a perennial that will grow year after year. Different varieties have different watering, space and sunlight needs depending on what zone they are growing in.
How much sun does jasmine need?
All types of jasmine will do well in full sun to partial shade – exactly how much sun a plant needs each day will depend on the variety.
Can jasmine grow indoors or outdoors?
Jasmine can grow both indoors and outdoors. Dwarf varieties do best indoors, but vines can also thrive inside the home. Just pinch or prune the plant in the dormant season to maintain the desired height and shape.
Can jasmine survive winter?
Many gardeners choose to grow jasmine in containers so they can bring the plant indoors over winter. If bringing jasmine inside because of extreme cold, do so gradually, over about a week or so, to allow the plant time to adjust to less sun once indoors. A good way to make this transition is by bringing the plant in at night, and then returning it outside during the day time, increasing the hours you leave it inside throughout the week. Once it is inside permanently, place it in the sunniest spot of the house.
When does jasmine bloom?
Jasmine blooms in clusters from spring until well into the fall. The sweet flowers are most often cream, white or yellow, depending on the variety, and will attract bees and other pollinators.
How long do jasmine flowers last?
With enough sun and the right watering and feeding, jasmine flowers will stay open and fresh for you to enjoy for several months.
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Jasmine Plant Care - How To Grow Jasmine Vines
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Jasmine
By: Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist
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The jasmine plant is a source of exotic fragrance in warmer climates. It is an important scent noted in perfumes, and also has herbal properties. The plants may be vines or bushes and some are evergreen. Most jasmine plants are found in tropical to sub-tropical climates, although a few may thrive in temperate zones.
Protection from cold temperatures is one of the most important aspects of jasmine plant care.
Growing jasmine vines can create a perfumed shield over arbors, trellises and fences. The bush types are excellent landscape specimens with starry pink, white, ivory or even yellow scented blooms.
Jasmine Plants
Jasmine plant care may require a bit of effort, but the results are well worth the work. Not all jasmine plants are fragrant, but the most common and hardy do produce a sweet, carrying fragrance.
Common jasmine is a vine, and has larger glossy green leaves than Royal jasmine. Both can survive in temperate climates if they are planted in a sheltered area. Arabian jasmine is a small bush with evergreen leaves.
There are many other varieties of jasmine plant, of which are best suited for sub-tropical climates. Learning how to grow jasmine will add a striking visual and olfactory touch to the garden.
How to Grow Jasmine
•Choose a warm, sheltered location when growing jasmine. The vining varieties require a support structure as some can get 15 feet (4.
5 m.) tall.
•All jasmine plants prefer sun to light shade sites with well-draining and moderately fertile soil.
•Install the plant in the ground at the same level it was growing in the nursery pot. Most jasmine plants are grafted onto the common jasmine rootstock because of their superior hardiness.
Care of a Jasmine Vine
Jasmine plant care is not difficult but does require vigilance. The vines need to be trained early when they are young. You may use plant ties or just weave them through trellis sections.
•Fertilize the plant in spring just before new growth appears.
•Pinch off the tips of the vines in the second year to promote branching which will fill the trellis with bushy growth.
•The vining jasmine plant is prone to spider mites, which can be combated with horticultural oil or neem oil.
Indoor Jasmine Care
Dwarf varieties of jasmine make excellent houseplants. They require even moisture and a sunny location in the home. Vines can also be brought into the home, and the height is easy to manage with pruning or pinching in the dormant season.
Potted plants don’t have access to extra nutrients, so they need fertilizing twice annually.
Watch carefully for pests and water from the bottom to prevent spotting on the glossy leaves. Your jasmine plant will flower in late spring into summer. Repot it before bloom time in early spring as needed.
How to Grow Jasmine Cuttings
Harvest tip cuttings in spring and plant them for free plants. Dip the cutting into a rooting hormone and push the end into a soilless medium, such as peat. Keep the cutting lightly moist.
Jasmine plant cuttings are best started during June to October. Once rooted, follow general jasmine plant care instructions.
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Jasmine in your garden: planting and care
How many pleasant emotions blooming jasmine gives us, decorating our garden with golden-white flowers, which literally sprinkle its fragile branches so that even the leaves are not visible.
And their delicate, delicate aroma, filling the entire garden, awakens sweet dreams and joyful hopes.
Aroma gardens are now very fashionable in Europe, in which jasmine occupies one of the leading places among other pleasantly smelling plants.
Garden jasmine is a very unpretentious ornamental shrub that even a novice gardener can grow. It does not require careful care, is not afraid of severe winter frosts, practically does not get sick and is not damaged by pests.
But how much beauty, grace, feeling of lightness, youth, light and joy!
Today we'll cover the essentials of jasmine, how it's planted and cared for, and then introduce you to the very best varieties from our unique collection of ornamental shrubs.
We would like to emphasize that all our varieties are long-flowering (their flowering lasts from the first decade of June to the beginning of August).
GARDEN JASMINE - BIOLOGICAL FEATURES
In fact, a beautiful ornamental shrub that we call "jasmine" has a biological name "mock orange".
And real jasmine is a tropical plant that we can grow only indoors or in winter gardens.
But gardeners and many experts still call mock orange garden jasmine. Since we are used to this name, let's call it that in this article.
Garden jasmine is a deciduous shrub up to 3 m high, which belongs to the Hortensia family.
Jasmine branches are thin and very brittle. They grow fast. If the bushes are planted in the fall, then they will bloom in the first spring. When planting in spring, wait for flowering only next year.
The leaves of garden jasmine are dark green, thin, with carved edges.
Large single or double flowers, snow white or cream with a golden center, exude a strong delicate aroma that you want to inhale for hours.
According to the timing of flowering varieties of garden jasmine are divided into early, middle and late. Each long-blooming variety can delight with its golden-white flower caps for no more than a month.
But by choosing different varieties, you can admire your luxurious jasmine garden for more than two months.
GARDEN JASMINE: PLANTING AND CARE
Planting time . You can plant garden jasmine in spring and autumn, and if the seedlings are with a closed root system (ZKS), which we have prepared for you, then planting can be done in summer.
Landing area . Garden jasmine is very fond of open sunny places. There it will bloom luxuriantly and profusely. It can grow in partial shade, but in this case, its flowers will be smaller.
Jasmine does not like close groundwater, so it should not be planted in lowlands where melt and rainwater stagnate. In such areas, plant jasmine bushes on small mounds (40 - 50 cm high).
Soils . Jasmine needs soils that are light, loose, rich in organic matter, well permeable to oxygen to the roots, with a neutral reaction of the environment (pH 7.0).
Jasmine will not grow in acidic soils, so neutralize the area where you plan to plant it in advance. It is best to use dolomite flour for this (2 kg per 5 sq.
m of plot).
Jasmine soil should always be loose and well moistened.
Fit . Dig planting holes with a diameter and depth of 50 cm at a distance of 15 - 2 m from each other. If you want to make a jasmine hedge, reduce the distance between seedlings to 80 cm.
Lay a drain of broken bricks or small gravel at the bottom with a layer of 10 cm.
Fill the planting pits with artificially prepared soil, composed of: the upper fertile layer, rotted manure, leaf soil and river sand in a ratio of 1:2:2:1.
Plant seedlings in such a way that the root collar is exactly at ground level, otherwise the trunks may begin to rot.
After planting, water the plants well (2 watering cans under each) and mulch with straw in a layer of 6 - 7 cm. The mulch layer will help retain moisture in the soil and will prevent weed growth, as well as the formation of soil crust.
Fertilizer. For lush flowering, garden jasmine needs good nutrition. For the summer season, give him four top dressings.
Feed the bushes for the first time immediately after the snow melts with a solution of carbamide (2 tablespoons per bucket of water) under each bush.
The second time, give the plants two top dressings of slurry (at a concentration of 1:10 - one bucket per bush) at the beginning of budding and two weeks after that.
Feed your jasmine in the fall with some ready-made mineral complex for autumn fertilization of ornamental shrubs.
Watering. Jasmine loves water very much. It is necessary for the plant for lush, long flowering. In dry, cool weather, water the bushes once a week (three watering cans under each bush). In hot weather, increase the amount of watering.
We recommend that you water your jasmine either in the early morning or in the evening - after 6 pm. Water strictly under the root so that water splashes do not fall on the leaves and flowers.
If you do not follow the watering norms, then the flowering of jasmine may stop altogether.
Cut . For jasmine, the most important pruning is sanitary. Do it in early spring before bud break. Without sparing, cut out all the old (over 7 years old), broken, frozen and growing shoots inside the bush.
Then cut all branches to a quarter length. Leave 7 - 9 strongest branches. When flowering is over, cut off faded branches without annual growths.
Winterization . All modern varieties of garden jasmine are characterized by very high frost resistance (up to -42 degrees), so adult bushes do not need to be covered for the winter.
But we advise you to protect young plantings in the first two years from severe frosts, especially in snowless winters. A thick layer (40 - 50 cm) of dry leaves in the near-trunk circles will be enough for plants.
Such a shelter will serve as a reliable protection for the bushes that have not yet grown stronger from the winter cold.
THE BEST JASMINE VARIETIES FROM OUR COLLECTION
We have told you about jasmine, its planting and care.
Now we present you the most fashionable and most beautiful long-flowering varieties of this amazing ornamental shrub:
Our collection:
Lady in white, Lime stone, Pompom, Blizzard.
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planting and care in the open field, description, varieties, cultivation, propagation, pruning
Content:
- Description of shrub
- Small-leaved. Height - up to 1 m. The leaves are curved, large. The aroma is reminiscent of strawberry.
- Ordinary. Height - up to 2.5–3 m. It blooms in large large inflorescences with a pleasant smell. The leaves are rich golden.
- Fluffy. A good choice for a park and a spacious lot. Height - up to 4 m. Flowers do not smell, but they look beautiful for about 4 weeks.
- Ermine mantle. Height - up to 1 m. Flowering lasts 8 weeks. Inflorescences grow evenly throughout the branch.
- Jasmine roots do not like waterlogging, so it is better to plant it on a small hill.
- If you plan to create a hedge, plant the plants at a distance of 50 cm from each other. It is impossible to plant closer, because the shrub has an extensive root system.
- The planting hole should be no more than 80 cm deep and about 50 cm in diameter so that the roots do not become deformed.
- The hole prepared for planting should be left to bask in the sun for several days.
- Then fill the hole with a mixture of stones and sand as a drainage layer and add 50 g of nitrophosphate to improve the establishment of the bush.
- Prepare a soil mixture of peat and black earth with the addition of ash, sand and humus. Pour it into the hole, forming a mound.
- Place the seedling on a mound, straightening the roots. It is important to deepen the sprout, but avoid plunging the root neck into the soil by more than 3 cm. Top up the soil and compact the pit.
- Moisten the soil with 2 buckets of water.
- Mulch the ground with sawdust, peat or pine needles.
Shrub description
The jasmine bush is distinguished by its lush crown, strewn with white and yellow inflorescences, and fragrant aroma. During flowering, essential oils are released into the air, thanks to which the plant smells so pleasant. Bees and other insects willingly collect nectar from its inflorescences.
Types and varieties of jasmine
There is a wide variety of jasmine subspecies that differ in flower size.
The most popular of them are the following varieties:
Features of growing jasmine often depend on the type of plant. So, growing and caring for a jasmine liana on the street will be slightly different from growing shrubs, but the general rules of care are the same.
Features of planting and care
How to grow a jasmine tree strong and healthy? First you need to choose the right time and place of landing. Agricultural technicians advise planting jasmine in early spring and give the following recommendations: The more light, the more spectacular the shrub looks.
Fertilizing options
Jasmine cultivation in the garden involves the use of fertilizers. The first top dressing is carried out one year after planting in the ground.
Of the mineral fertilizers, the most suitable solution for jasmine is a solution of 1 liter of water and 5 g of superphosphate, 2.5 g of potassium sulfide and urea. From organic fertilizers, humus and manure are used. The second - only in a diluted form, otherwise you can burn the roots. The proportion of slurry preparation is 1:15.
Propagation Methods
If you want to grow a hedge from the only jasmine shrub planted in your area, you first need to choose a propagation method for the plant. Available options:
- Seeds - in open ground or box with subsequent transplantation.
- By cuttings: cut cuttings in early June and plant them in a greenhouse or in open ground.
- Shoots: in the fall, separate strong and strong shoots from the mother plant, and in the spring, after wintering indoors or in a greenhouse, plant them on the site.
- By dividing the shrub: in autumn, dig up the plant and very carefully divide the root system into several parts so that each part has at least 2-3 stems.
Shrub pruning
When answering the question of how to grow jasmine, we cannot but mention one more procedure - timely pruning of shrubs. It is important to inspect the bush annually, remove diseased and damaged branches, form the desired plant height and crown splendor.
Experienced gardeners who know how to grow beautiful jasmine recommend:
- prune only in spring while the plant is in vegetative state;
- remove the longest shoots completely, shorten the middle shoots by half;
- to increase the number of inflorescences, cut off empty branches;
- do not allow the central stem of an adult plant to grow higher than 50 cm.
plant. Mature shrubs are transplanted if they receive little sun, being in the shade of trees growing nearby, and therefore develop poorly and bloom little. Jasmine transplantation is also carried out for the purposes of landscape design. Plan to transplant jasmine bushes in spring or fall. In the latter case, the beginning of October will do. By this time, the bush will have time to get stronger and recover from flowering. Gardeners do not recommend transplanting plants older than 7 years. Otherwise, there are no restrictions.
Transplanting steps:
- Dig a large hole, fill the bottom with drainage.
- Mix soil with fertilizers (superphosphate, humus, wood ash).
- Pour a bucket of water into the hole, wait 30 minutes.
- Thin out the shrub as needed, removing old shoots.
- For ease of transplanting, carefully tie the remaining branches with a rope.
- Moisten the soil well the day before transplanting.
- Carefully dig out the roots, taking care not to damage them.
- Move the shrub to the prepared hole in the new location, cover with soil and water.
- Mulch the ground with needles or bark.
After that, it remains only to control how the plant develops. If all the steps are completed correctly, the jasmine will quickly adapt to a new place and grow.
Preparing for winter
In the list of works to create suitable conditions for growing garden jasmine, preparation for wintering is an obligatory item. The goal is to help the shrub endure frost.
Mature jasmine bush is more frost-resistant than young plants, so you can not prepare it for winter, paying attention only to young growth. After the end of the flowering period, the near-stem circle is covered with straw or other material that can insulate the roots. Also, to protect the root system in the fall, the bush is dug in and compost is introduced into the near-trunk circle.
As you can see, if you want to grow an ornamental bush with beautiful flowers, it is not difficult.
You just need to take into account his needs and follow the rules of planting and care. And before you buy a plant, learn more about how experienced gardeners grow jasmine in the country: what fertilizers and when they use it, how they achieve abundant flowering. Possible growing problems
Jasmine is a shrub from family Olive. It is a thermophilic plant that is difficult to grow in cold climate regions. Of the 200 plant species, only a few are suitable for the conditions of the middle zone, and they require shelter in severe frosts. In summer, a heat-loving plant should receive 5 hours of diffused sunlight. In the shade, jasmine grows poorly and practically does not bloom. It is best to plant it on the south side of the garden near the fence that protects from the cold wind.
When growing jasmine, the most common problem is with foliage that dries, curls and deforms. The leaves are starting to fall off. This is due to dry air, poor watering and exposure to direct sunlight for a long time.
If the buds on the plant do not open, this means a lack of light. When darkening flowers , transplant the shrub to a more shaded and cool place and water the jasmine more abundantly.
To improve the growth of the bush, it is recommended to cut it in early spring, after which additional side branches are formed. Fragrant buds should soon appear and bloom on them. Shoots should be cut to 40-60% of the length. Completely remove dry and damaged branches. From spring to autumn, pinch new shoots monthly.
If the plant does not flower well or does not flower at all, lime or nitrogen in the soil may be the cause. You should feed the bush with nutrient mixtures containing potassium, phosphorus or transplant the plant into another soil.
If the jasmine bush has stopped blooming and is affected by a fungal disease, check for standing water in the root zone. To do this, you need to dig out some of the ground and, if so, dig up a bush and put drainage under it, and then plant the jasmine in place.
If the shrub is fast flowering and does not bloom profusely, the reason may be the proximity of the bushes or old age.
Pests and diseases
The most common pests attacking the plant are mealybug, leaf weevil, scale insect, aphid, whitefly (spider mite). How they look, you can look at photo on the Internet. Appropriate chemicals should be used against them. If pests are not detected in a timely manner, the plant may die.
Regularly inspect the bush from all sides: you will find aphids on the tops of shoots, spider mites - between jasmine leaves or on their reverse side in the form of small dots and cobwebs. Weevils feed on the sap of the leaves and look like caterpillars, they live in the soil.
First aid in case of detection of pests - wash the bush with a plentiful stream of water from a hose. This will wash away some of the parasites. You can try to destroy insects with tobacco infusion: 250 g of tobacco leaves + 50 g of laundry soap per 3 liters of water.
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