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How to make my Star Jasmine bushy

shaun.ebbsshaun.ebbs Posts: 3
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Hello Everyone, I recently bought a Star Jasmine. It’s doing great on it’s own bed, in a south facing garden but on a west facing wall. It’s nicely sheltered from the wind but gets enough sunshine. I would like ot to be REALLY bushy and to cover this wall so looking for some advice. Thanks in advance!

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    It will soon do that, you just need to have some patience!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • shaun.ebbsshaun.ebbs Posts: 3
    Thanks Lizzie27. Is there anything I need/should do now that the flowering’s almost done? I am going to cover the base with mulch to protect the roots over winter.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You just need patience. Climbers take several years to reach maturity - they aren't like annuals. 
    If it's in the right spot, it'll grow and perform, assuming it has the necessary care.

    It'll need a proper support too, until it can cling itself. I doubt that metal one is anything like enough. Some wires and vine eyes right across the wall [ about 6 or 7 feet width ] for the first couple of feet would give it a good start for next year.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • shaun.ebbsshaun.ebbs Posts: 3
    Thanks Fairygirl. We have some trellis that we will be attaching to the top of the wall. To give some perspective the wall is 6ft high and 10ft wide. The current metal one is more for decorative reasons than anything else.

    All this advice is really great and very much appreciated 😊
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    Mine started as tiny plants and I was mindful of my mother's worry about them--she kept them in large pots on her patio and never dared to plant them out! Still, mine have never turned a hair. They stay small and neat, then suddenly put on a fairly big surge of growth and cover whatever they can reach, but after that, when trimmed back, they form a wonderful coat of evergreen leaves and flowers. Mine is definitely in my top 10 plants now. It never has a bad spell all year and the smell of the flowers is amazing. This year they started in late May and have carried on flowering--they are still in flower now on new flushes. One of those plants where patience leaves you with a wonderful specimen instead of a monster.
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