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Help please - very dry climbing jasmine

sousaines1991sousaines1991 Posts: 3
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Hi, some advice would be really appreciated: recently moved into a new house and inherited what we’ve been told is climbing jasmine, but it’s looking in bad shape. Can anyone please recommend how to revive it and future care tips?  

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    First you need to see if it's alive. Scratch the main stem with your thumbnail. If it's green underneath, there is some life. If it's brown, it's dead. To be honest, it looks pretty dead to me.😕
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @sousaines1991 I think you might be too late but try cutting some of the stems to see if there are signs of life. If it is dry at the roots a deep plunge in water over the top of the compost is another possible. You will need to remove from pot and at the same time check the roots to see if it is alive. The other thought is frost damage.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It'll be bone dry. Under the canopy at the door, there won't be any moisture getting in so it's totally reliant on getting that from you. It'll have gone short for quite awhile, especially if the house was empty before you moved in.
    They're more difficult in pots anyway. They need a lot more care re soil, water and nutrients. Any potted plant needs more attention than in the ground  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • sousaines1991sousaines1991 Posts: 3
    edited April 2022
    Thank you all! @Fairygirl @GardenerSuze @B3Having checked the stem it does appear to be alive still, green underneath. Haven’t checked roots yet but might a soak and cutting back the dead leaves with regular watering from now on bring it back? Would the soil benefit from additional nutrients at this point also?
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Yes, feed it but make sure the soil is nice and moist first.

    When the winter is cold my Jasmine, which is in the ground, looks dry and the leaves all fall off but new leaves grow when the weather warms up. But yours looks like Trachelospermum Jasminoides (Star Jasmine) as the leaves are wider. Mine has much narrower leaves. I also have a Star Jasmine in a pot, but it's evergreen and has never looked like that although the leaves can go a bit red and tatty in a cold winter.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just cut it back, and re pot it with fresh soil - if it's staying long term in the pot, you need a soil based medium, not just compost.
    Don't feed it just now as that's too much for it to cope with. You can do that once it's recovering.   Keep an eye on the watering as it won't get any from outside, and hopefully it'll come away again    :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's worth a try. Where there's life there's hope😊
    Cut off all of the dead stems too. I suspect that will be most of them.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • sousaines1991sousaines1991 Posts: 3
    Thank you everyone, fingers crossed! 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I'd cut out the worst bits and move it to a place in the garden. Life's too short to be watering a plant underneath an overhang!
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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