Jasmine Flashcards
2 x broad Species
1 x star jasmin species
Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine) is fully hardy and can be grown outdoors throughout the UK.
Jasminum officinale and J. officinale f. affine (syn. J. grandiflorum), the common summer jasmine, is frost hardy and suitable for outdoor cultivation against a sunny, sheltered wall in mild UK regions only
Trachelospermum jasminoides, Star jasmine or Confederate jasmine Our one
Pruning summer and winter Jasmin
Summer jasmine: Is best pruned just after flowering, in late summer or early autumn. Early flower flushes develop on the previous year’s growth, but later flushes develop on the tips of the current year’s growth. Pruning after flowering gives the new growth time to mature and flower early next season.
Winter jasmine: Is best pruned in spring, immediately after flowering. Flowers develop on the previous year’s growth. Pruning after flowering gives the new growth time to mature and flower next season.
For both summer and winter jasmine, cut back flowered stems to a strong sideshoot lower down; thin out crowded, crossing or misplaced branches and remove weak or thin stems.
Both types of jasmine tolerate hard pruning and renovation. If the plant has outgrown its allotted space, cut back hard to within 60cm (2ft) of the base. Re-growth will be vigorous, so select strong shoots for training into the new framework, and remove unwanted shoots. The plant will take two or three years to start flowering again.
Problems of Jasmin
Jasmine is usually fairly trouble-free, but can occasionally suffer from aphids
Trachelospermum jasminoides Star Jasmine cultivation notes
Trachelospermum thrives in very free draining soils of moderate to high fertility. It prefers neutral to alkaline soil conditions, but will grow in slightly acid soils.
Full sun or dappled shade is required, with shelter from cold, drying winds. A south, south-west or west-facing wall would be ideal.
When growing in a south-facing conservatory or glasshouse, shade from direct sunlight may be needed to protect the leaves from sun scorch
Trachelospermum jasminoides Star Jasmine pruning
Trachelospermum requires little formative pruning and training, as it is a self-clinging, twining climber and will cover the space effectively on its own. Young growth will need some guiding and tying-in to supports until it is able to twine and climb. After that, it can be left to scramble upwards, mound up and then arch downwards with a cascade of flowering shoots.
Maintenance pruning is done is spring, and consists simply of thinning out congested, weak or badly placed shoots. Wayward branches can be tied back to their supports to improve the shape of the plant.
Renovation, if necessary, consists of cutting all shoots back by two thirds, to a side shoot or flowering spur. This should encourage new shoots to break from the remaining branches and from the base. Some thinning of new shoots may be required.
2 x variety of tracelospermum jasminoides
visual difference
Your common “Star Jasmine” might actually be the Trachelospermum Jasminoides “Jasmine” plant or Trachelospermum Asiaticum.
The core differences between these two variants are that T. Jasminoides has larger leaves and flowers more than the T. Asiaticum. The T. Asiaticum variety also has a yellow color around the hole in the center of the star shaped flower
