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Winter flowering Jasmine

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  • ButtercupdaysButtercupdays Posts: 4,546
    It's not really a climber, more of a leaner. I know one that looks lovely, growing up and over a front garden wall, or you can tie it in to a trellis. The stems are very flexible and they wil root if they touch the ground, which is useful if you have a lot of space to fill. It doesn't mind some shade, but needs some sun too to flower well.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'd have to say I'm not a fan.
    It, to my mind, has a very untidy habit about it. For every nice specimen I've seen, I've seen hundreds of straggly messy one.
    Devon.
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  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    I had one which I trained over an arch,it always had loads of flowers,but I had to keep it clipped back otherwise its thin strappy branches got tangled in my hair. As I remember it seemed to grow very fast!
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  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    I think you are being very hard on Jasminum nudiflorum! It is an excellent plant and is one of the few that can reliably be expected to flower in January, though it does not have any scent.  One thing nobody mentioned is that unlike most Jasmines it does not like hot sun. South-facing will not suit it.
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  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    I think you are being very hard on Jasminum nudiflorum! It is an excellent plant, evergreen and reliably flowers in midwinter. No scent, however. One thing nobody mentioned is that unlike most Jasmines it does not like hot sun. North rather than South-facing.
    Everyone likes butterflies. Nobody likes caterpillars.
  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    All ours gets for attention is pruning back when it strays where it isn't wanted, the flowers are welcome on cold winter mornings, and the foliage which will come soon welcome too it is secured to a boundary wall.
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