Care advice

Asiatic jasmine, also known as Trachelospermum asiaticum, is a popular ground cover plant that is prized for its attractive green foliage and delicate, white, star-shaped flowers. However, like any plant, it can fall victim to the pesky problem of weed growth.

Native to the most amazing tropical areas of the world, such as, Asia or India, jasmine plants, can be both grown and kept as a vine or a shrub for the outdoors enjoyment and/or as an indoor houseplant to fulfil the air of your favourite room of the house with its perfume.

Jasmine plants are exquisite tropical and subtropical plants with incredibly beautiful flowers which produce a marvelous scent. Jasmines grow as vines following a lattice slowly moving up on it. For that reason, jasmines are commonly planted as hedges around fences where they have a scaffold to follow. This fact means, that jasmines are quite often planted outside in one single location. But can they also be grown in pots instead? This article explores jasmines in pots, the pros and cons.

Confederate Jasmine, aka, star jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) is a jasmine plant belonging to the family Apocynaceae, different form other jasmine species belonging to the family Oleaceae. Star jasmine is an everlasting climbing perennial vine with a beautiful dark green foliage and silky, waxy and white flowers that fill the environment with a potent scent. One of the main characteristics of this jasmine specie is that, it needs warm and humid tropical weather zones to thrive. Reason why, it is definitely a sensitive plant to care for during the winter and freezing times. When growing star jasmine, (another jasmine types as well, except for winter jasmine species), we need to take special measures to ensure the survival of our plant throughout the winter, otherwise, it is likely that it will suffer and die. Therefore, if we are willing to apply those skills and go thorough the trouble we’ll be able to maintain and grow our jasmine during the winter. Some of these techniques may involve, but not limited to, bringing our star jasmine plant back indoors during the winter time, exposing the plant outdoors for a couple fo hours before the first frosts, so that, we keep them acclimatised and definitely we need to always provide our star jasmine with enough light through the winter, even if this implies supplying artificial fluorescent light, if we are facing some dark days during the cold season.

To grow and root Sambac jasmine in water, start by taking 6-8 inch stems from semi-established plants. Cut just below a node at the base and above the top node. Remove all but the top three leaves. Place the cuttings in a water-filled jar, changing the water every two weeks for three months. Successfully rooted cuttings can then be transplanted into pots, with or without rooting hormone powder. Click here to read more!