Plant Jasmine
Grow jasmines in moist but well drained soil in full sun up a sturdy support such as a trellis or wires.
Plant jasmine. Ideally jasmine prefers a warm sheltered place for the base plant but the vining varieties can grow quite tall. Prepare a pot with a soil and compost mixture and push the stems into a pot. Several are cultivated as ornamentals. Not all jasmine plants are fragrant but the most common and hardy do produce a sweet carrying fragrance.
There are many species and styles of jasmine available most of which make a deliciously fragrant addition to the garden. If youre going to grow jasmine as a shrub border you can set them at least 8 feet apart. Winter jasmine shrub grow to 4 feet high and 7 feet wide. In mid summer or fall cut healthy 6 inch stems from a jasmine plant.
Feed weekly with a high potash fertiliser in summer and mulch in autumn with well rotted manure or. Jasmine plant care may require a bit of effort but the results are well worth the work. A number of unrelated plants with fragrant flowers are also known as jasmines. It can make a beautiful arbor or trellis plant if you have a vining variety so if you wish to use it that way be prepared for quick growth and regular training of the plant to climb properly.
Jasmine genus of about 200 species of fragrant flowered shrubs and vines of the olive family. Common jasmine is a vine and has larger glossy green leaves than royal jasmine. The plants are native to tropical and to some temperate areas of the old world. Plant jasmine somewhere sunny warm and sheltered preferably near a seating area to enjoy the scent of the flowers.
Common jasmine grows to a height of 10 to 15 feet as a lanky semi vining shrub growing 12 to 24 inches a year. Overwinter the pot in a sunny window keeping it well watered and transplant it in the spring. Few plants are as well known for their intoxicating fragrance as jasmine. As a shrub jasmine can get lanky and semi vining so it needs frequent pruning.
How to grow jasmine.