Jasmine plant – care, cutting & wintering

Taking care of jasmine

Jasmine is not a maintenance-intensive plant. With the exception of wintering, there are no special features in terms of care. You have to be careful that the plant substrate is neither too wet nor too dry. Jasmin is a bit tricky there. It is important to have winter quarters that are suitable for the temperatures. It is easy to keep in summer, especially when the plant can move into the field. There is not much to consider.

Location

In order to be able to form flowers, a light location is necessary. Several hours of sun are recommended. Midday sun, on the other hand, is unfavorable, as is too much shade.

• Sunny, warm and sheltered location with some shade
• No midday sun, it can burn the leaves and flowers
• Likes to be outdoors in summer
• A sheltered place is cheap
• When keeping house plants, regular and abundant ventilation must be provided

Plant substrate
Jasmine does not make any special demands on the soil. The plant thrives in almost all soils.

• However, loose soil with compost is best.
• The substrate must be permeable!
• If you use potted plant soil, it is beneficial to mix in expanded clay.

Plant

When planting, it is important to install drainage in the bottom of the pot. This ensures that the roots do not suffer from too much moisture. Young jasmine should be repotted annually
. With older plants, the distances increase.

• Repot the young plants every year so that the plant can develop well
• Repot in spring!
• Older plants only need to be repotted every two or three years.
• The long shoots grow better if they can grow on a trellis. You can give the plant a better shape.

Watering and fertilizing

Jasmine is sensitive to waterlogging and drought. So you need a little sure instinct. It is beneficial to water with stale or rainwater!

• Always keep the soil slightly moist!
• Under no circumstances wet, excess irrigation water must be able to run off!
• Always water when the top layer of soil has dried off!
• It is best not to use a planter or saucer!
• On hot days it is beneficial to spray the plant with water, often more often!
• Hardly water in winter! However, the plant ball should not dry out completely!
• Fertilize in the growing season from spring to autumn, about 14 days with liquid fertilizer for flowering plants.

To cut

Jasmine can be cut back as needed. The plant can withstand any cut. Cutting back after flowering promotes the formation of side shoots and thus the
abundance of flowers.

• Cut without any problems, as the plant sprouts incessantly
• Regular thinning is recommended. Otherwise, the jasmine only blooms at the ends of the long shoots.
• It is beneficial to cut back when budding begins in spring.

Overwinter

In this post, you will find some quick tips. The following post contains detailed instructions on how to overwinter jasmine .

One finds very contradicting information about winter hardiness. From not winter hardy to – 15 ° C, everything is represented. Since I don’t have any jasmine in the garden myself, I do
n’t want to commit myself to that. But I think that – 15 degrees means the wrong jasmine. The real jasmine is not planted out, but cultivated in a tub. That’s what I’m assuming here
. Our neighbors used to have a scented jasmine and the as frost-resistant, up to more than -15 ° C.

• Allow before the first night frosts
• Cool location at temperatures around 10 ° C
• Even lower temperatures are cheaper than higher ones.
• In any case frost-free.
• If the plant is too warm, flowering will fail in the next season
• Ventilate often!
• The winter quarters do not have to be light because the plant will lose its leaves anyway.
• Do not fertilize!
• Only clear out when no more frost is expected.
• Get used to the sun again slowly!

Multiply

Jasmin can be propagated with a piece of the main shoot by cuttings from the head and axillae of the side shoots. Lowerers are also possible.

• Cut cuttings in summer!
• Use shoots that are neither too soft nor lignified!
• Simply press into the plant substrate. Use equal parts of peat and sand!
• Put a plastic bag over the container!
• Place in a bright place, but without direct sunlight!
• Around 20 ° C are favorable.
• Keep the substrate only slightly moist!
• Don’t forget to ventilate!
• Prune the young plants several times so that they branch out and become nice and dense.

Diseases and pests

The real jasmine is a robust plant. Illnesses rarely occur. Insects attack the plants every now and then, which is why you should check from time to time, especially in winter quarters or when only keeping house plants!

• The greatest threat in the form of pests comes from aphids . They occur when the winter is too warm and when the plant grows too quickly in spring. They are best washed, rinsed or brushed off. Only when that doesn’t help, use sprays!
• Also mealybugs occur now and then. They can be recognized by the white, woolly knobs (3 to 4 mm in size) that sit in the leaf axes and on the stems. They can be removed by washing, rinsing, brushing or using oily agents. Biological sprays such as Spruzit von Neudorff are favorable.

Jasminarten

• Arabian jasmine (J. sambac) – more robust than real jasmine, but also with white flowers. Can bloom all year round. Flowers are larger and more fragrant. Tolerates a lot of drought, but no frost. Will be overwintered cold.
• Chinese tea jasmine (J. grandiflorum) – very rich flowering species that is well suited as a houseplant. A type of jasmine that is used with others to flavor green tea. No frost!
• Scented jasmine (J. polyanthum) – also called white or pink jasmine. Evergreen and very fast growing climber with lots of small flowers. Often offered as a houseplant in winter. Can take on stately proportions.
• Primrose jasmine (J. promulinum) – yellow-flowering, evergreen shrub. Early flowering in February / March. Should withstand up to –15 ° C? Great luminosity and good long-range effect.
• Winter jasmine (J. nudiflorum) – hardy species with long, drooping branches and yellow flowers in winter. Has green branches so it looks like there are leaves on it in winter. But it’s only summer green. No fragrance of flowers
• Indian jasmine (J. species) – tendril plant with white flowers that smell wonderful. Not hardy, but easy to overwinter.
• Shrub jasmine (J. fruticans) – evergreen shrub that grows upright and reaches a height of a meter. Sensitive to frost.

Mock orange

The pipe bush is often referred to as fragrant or farmer’s jasmine, but it is a completely different type of plant. Philadelphus erectus belongs to the hydrangea family. The mix-up is sure to arise because its white flowers are also strongly scented and have a certain resemblance to jasmine flowers. The flowers appearing in clusters attract countless bees and other insects in June and July. The scented jasmine originally comes from south-east Europe and is quite hardy in our country.

Conclusion
Jasmine is a beautiful plant. The difficulty is figuring out what kind of jasmine you bought. They are rarely sold under their scientific name. Most of the time, jasmine is jasmine. There is not so much that can be done with that. There are differences, especially when it comes to winter hardiness, and these are decisive.

I usually only have jasmine in the balcony box or in the planter. It’s definitely not hardy. It comes to the ground in winter, but unfortunately I mostly forget it. My other plants don’t need water that often, just every 6 to 8 weeks. That is not enough for the jasmine and he resents me. In the spring it usually doesn’t look great anymore and is sorted out. There is sure to be another way. Just give it a try.