How to Grow Jasmine: The Complete Jasmine Flower Guide (2024)

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• All summer-flowering jasmines prefer full sun to partial shade; winter or early spring bloomers do fine in partial shade. The ideal planting position should be warm, sunny, andsheltered.
• Jasmines have few soil requirements: They like moderately fertile, loamy, sandy, and moisture-retaining yet well- draining soil with a moderately acidic, alkaline, or neutralpH.
• Most Jasminum species are semitropical vines, best planted in spring after the danger of frost ispassed.
• Plant in-ground anytime from June to November. Dig only so deep that the plant crown is level with the soil surface. Container plants are best planted in thefall.
• If grown as a twiningvine, jasmine will need to be supported on an arbor or trellis.
• As a shrub, jasmine can get lanky and semi-vining, so it needs frequent pruning.Common jasmine grows to a height of 10 to 15 feet as a lanky, semi-vining shrub, growing 12 to 24 inches a year. Winter jasmine shrubs grow to 4 feet high and 7 feetwide.
• If you’re going to grow jasmine as a shrub border, you can set them at least 8 feetapart.

Jasmine as aHouseplant

• Place in a partly sunny spot to encourage robust growth. Indoors, space near a window and provide a trellis or support. Place soon-to-bloom jasmine in a partly sunny spot. After it blooms, place it near a south-facingwindow.
• Indoors, jasmineneeds to stay cool with well-circulated air. Try to keep the temperature between 60 to 75 degreesFahrenheit.
• Humidity is important. Set the plant pot on a tray of pebbles or gravel; add water to the top of the stones. Run a humidifier, ifpossible.
• Water only when the top inch of potting mix is dry to thetouch.
• Plant jasmine in porous material as well as bark, peat, and other soil that drains well. Soil needs to be moist but notsoggy.

• Tie the vine’s stems to a fairly heavysupport.
• Pinch the tips to stimulate lateral growth and prune after flowering if necessary to restraingrowth.
• If the vine is grown as a groundcover, trim the upward-twining stems. Additional plants can be propagated from stemcuttings.
• Water once per week, increasing frequency or volume during dry periods. During the summer, allow the soil to be moist and let it dry between waterings. Water less in fall. In winter and spring months, keep the plant slightlydry.
• Prune out thin, old shoots after flowering (which is spring) to shape theplant.

Jasmine as aHouseplant

• Jasmine plants like water.The soil should always be slightly moist, but notsoggy.
• Fertilize jasmine twice a year with fertilizer that is rich in potassium and phosphorus. During the growing season of spring and summer, liquid fertilizer can be fed to the plant every fewweeks.
• Keep jasmine under control with proper pruning, especially at the beginning of spring. Remember, jasmine is a climbingvine!
• Repot in springtime. Prune the roots when moving to fresh soil, asneeded.

• The Jasmine cultivar ‘Argenteovariegatum’ with cream-white variegation on the leaves, has gained theRoyal Horticultural Society’sAward of Garden Merit. It’s cold-hardy, deer-resistant, and smells heavenly. In June, a massive display of pink buds opens to powerfully fragrant sugar-white flowers. Bloom continues through August. Very pretty multidimensional vine for a large pergola, fence, or very large trellis. The flowers are most fragrant in the evenings and morning. Very stable variegation. Adaptable to full sun to dappled shade. Light summer water in rich to average soil, including clay soil. Regular summer water speeds growth and establishment in the firstsummer.
• If you’re growing jasmine as a houseplant,Jasminum polyanthum is the variety commonly used when growing jasmine indoors. It has a sweet aroma, especially in theevening.

Catherine Boeckmann