Master the Jasmine care with our detailed guide. Learn the best practices for planting, watering, and maintaining healthy, blooming jasmine.
How to Grow Jasmine:
Jasmines are evergreen or deciduous climbers with twining stems that flower either summer or winter with flowers of white, yellow, and sometimes red and pink hues.
All jasmine varieties feature small star-shaped flowers with a sweet and distinctive fragrance, ideal for growing in conservatories and greenhouses, though hardier varieties can green up walls or fences provided they have wires to support them. When planting jasmine in its native environment – a sunny, warm climate with ample shelter from wind – their fragrance should be enjoyed! Plant them near seating areas so you can truly take in their fragrant beauty.
How to Grow and Care for Jasmine:
Jasmine flowers thrive when grown in moist yet free-draining soil in full sun. When possible, support it with sturdy structures such as trellises or wires for an easy growing experience. Provide weekly feed with high potash fertilizer during summer and mulch annually with well-rotted manure or leaf mold in autumn for best results. Cut back after flowering has occurred for best results.
Places to Grow Jasmine
How to Grow Jasmine Star Jasmine Climbing up a Brick Wall For optimal results, plant jasmine near walls or fences in moist yet free-draining soil in full sun locations. While certain varieties tolerate some shade exposure, their growth potential increases substantially when grown under direct sunlight conditions.
Grow jasmine flowers in large pots to produce fragrant blooms.
How to Plant Jasmine
Begin by digging a planting hole and adding well-rotted manure or compost to the bottom. On heavy soils, add grit to assist drainage. Provide support using an angled cane in the direction of wires or trellis for later growth.
Care of Jasmine
Both summer- and winter-blooming jasmines should be pruned after flowering has concluded, according to Alan Titchmarsh’s video above. Learn from Alan’s expert guidance on how best to prune and train jasmine once it has finished flowering. Specifically, both types can be cut back hard if their original planting spot has become overgrown; look out for signs of vigorous new growth to train into desired shapes or spaces before waiting a few years for flowering again.
Jasmines can be propagated either by layering or cuttings. Outdoor varieties should preferably be propagated using hardwood cuttings taken during winter; tender varieties and glasshouse varieties would benefit most from softwood or semi-ripe cuttings taken in either spring or summer.
Growing Jasmine: Problem-Solving
Jasmines are easy to cultivate without experiencing serious pest or disease issues, although indoor-grown plants may attract mealybugs or red spider mites while outdoor plants tend to attract aphids.
FAQs
Q1. Is jasmine flower easy to grow?
Yes, jasmine is easy to grow with proper care.
Q2. Does jasmine do better in pots or ground?
Jasmine can thrive in both pots and the ground. It depends on the variety and climate.
Q3. Can I grow jasmine from a cutting?
Yes, you can grow jasmine from cuttings.