Jasmine and Lonicera plants

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• Buttercupdays Posts: 4,546

  August 2018

  If they were mine I would wait until the autumn as growing conditions are likely to be better, cooler and damper.
  

  Do you know what sort of Jasmine it is? Some of them are less hardy than others, so it will affect where you plant them, also depending on where you live.

  Where I live only the winter Jasmine is hardy, but I grow J. officinale against the back wall of my greenhouse  

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  August 2018

  I would definitely get them out of the greenhouse. They will grow stronger if they are cooler with a bit of breeze around them.
  

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• Jennifer80 Posts: 39

  August 2018

  Thanks thanks for the comments. I will take them out of the greenhouse but wondered when I can put them in the container to grow over my archway.

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  August 2018

  I'm assuming with the Loniceras, that you mean the climbing honeysuckles and not the shrubby types, as you want them to go on an archway, Jennifer. They don't tend to thrive very well in containers, as they like a good supply of moist ground to do well. If they get dry, they suffer from mildew and don't grow terribly well. Have you got a really big pot for them to go in?
  I'd agree with the others re getting them outside, and also with what B'cupdays says about the jasmine. It's important to know what type you have, and that you have suitable climate and conditions for it. Most of them aren't hardy up here either, apart from the winter ones.

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Jennifer80 Posts: 39

  August 2018

  Thank you for your comments

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