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Jasminoid suffering

kat14.fishkat14.fish Posts: 24
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I posted a few weeks ago about my Jasminoid, usually so healthy but leaves this year are so withered, they now look like they're dying, I've cut most of it back as look so awful and hoping they will grow back, but have left the top leaves so you can see the issue. Some people said winter was the issue,  but the last picture is my other jasminoid which is looking great,, can anyone suggest what might be going on with it? Thanks so much   

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  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    I think there are two things issues likely. Check the branches, especially lower down that there are no breakages or split. The way the leaves are drooping tells me there's some type of damage to the branches which is why they are dying back.

    The other may be, your plant has not had enough water, whether that is due to a rain shadow, or planted too close to the edge/boundary and it had started to fail months back. Evergreen plants can sometimes take a while to show stress. In that case, you need to keep up with the watering.

    Since you have pruned it back a bit, just water the base if it's dry and wait to see if new growth appears.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    "I posted a few weeks ago about my Jasminoid..."
    There is no such plant as a "Jasminoid". Do you mean "Solanum jasminoides" or "Gardenia jasminoides" or "Trachelospernum jasminoides" (looks like it from the pics you posted). Anyway, on those pics your plant does look quite dead, whatever the cause.
  • kat14.fishkat14.fish Posts: 24
    It's a trachelospermum, branches still very green when you scratch them or cut back. it's very odd 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd say it's what @Borderline is describing. Different sites, different access for water and nutrients, possibly for a long time. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Definitely lack of water. Looking at where it is planted the soil may not be great either. Give it plenty of water for the next month or two and keep your fingers firmly crossed. It might well recover. You have probably got away with it growing in its current position until the plant was too big for the scant water supply. I would be inclined to hard prune it and move it to a more suitable location where it will get more water at the root. When happy they are a wonderful plant to have in the garden.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I've just looked at @kat14.fish's previous thread and she said that it is in a wet part of the garden.  Have you felt the soil with your fingers or dug it a little to feel further down? It does look like drought and the plant looks droopier than it did on the other thread. Do you have moles? I've had moles that dig tunnels under plants but you can't see any evidence on the surface.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • kat14.fishkat14.fish Posts: 24
    No no moles I live in London, the worst thing I get is snails. Theere was a nuisance climber wrapped round it and the honeysuckle next door so that could have been sapping all the nutrients. I have cut nuisance climber away.  Have cut the trach back and watered and put fresh soil down, hopefully. It works. Below is pic of nuisance climber 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @kat14.fish So is it possible it has been smothered and simply had no light? The plant that covered it looks like a vine? It would have had light over the winter. Hopefully some TLC will do the trick.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • kat14.fishkat14.fish Posts: 24
    It's in the back fence in a south facing garden with London clay soil, but it thrived for five years, the vine type climber was sprouting  up at multiple points in the soil and has got stronger, I should have cut it back years ago, I can't get to the route as it's in next doors garden so will continue cutting back so it doesn't grow and zao all the nutrients. Thanks for your advice all 😀
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