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Jasmine needing tlc - please help!

ysemayysemay Posts: 2
in Problem solving
We moved house last autumn and have this rather sad looking jasmine in the garden - we are keen to try and save it as they are so beautiful when they bloom but struggling to find advice. Any ideas on how to bring it back to a good state much appreciated! 

Photos taken today. 

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  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    In theory, you can prune them hard back and new shoots will grow from lower down, which you can then train onto the support. I would worry a bit about doing that with this specimen, because it looks as if it's had a hard life, and it has very little healthy top growth that I can see, as well as being hemmed in by how close it is to the greenhouse, and presumably to its foundations. I'd be inclined to err on the side of caution. As you have several strong shoots that take separate directions at the base, try cutting back a third of those hard. Feed and mulch your plant well, and make sure it's receiving enough water during the growing season. If some good strong shoots do appear at the base, train those up onto the support, and then next year, cut out some more of the woody growth at the base. In three years, with luck, it may be renewed--either that, or it's too far gone and will die.
  • InglezinhoInglezinho Posts: 568
    edited February 2021
    Agree. It's either kill or cure. Cut back hard. I don't know which type of jasmine this is, but very few like cold weather. Fortunately it is rarely so cold in England that it kills the root, so there is a good chance of recovery. However, I have  never had any Jasmine except Winter Jasmine ( Jasminum nudiflorum) - scentless yellow flowers in Winter - that lasted longer than 5 years. Good luck!
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