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Jasmine Pruning

rholden_82rholden_82 Posts: 80
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Hi all, I have a quick question around my jasmine and when and how to prune it! I have just stripped the right hand side of the trellis of the morning glory that had gone over and now I have just the jasmine flowering it's last (the clematis on the left is an early one called Rebecca).
Should I prune it after the flowers have gone and should I prune it quite hard? I'm hoping to retrain it so it's more central on the trellis next year...
Any help would be greatly appreciated x :)

Dolce far niente....

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  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Which Jasmine is it ?
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Is there a reason why the jasmine is in a pot?
  • rholden_82rholden_82 Posts: 80
    It's solanum jasminoides, its the first year we have had it.
    It's in a pot as we had nowhere else for a climber! It seems happy there and has flowered well all summer.
    Dolce far niente....
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    edited September 2022
    This plant (white potato vine) gets to 8m x 1.8m, so I'd plant something else there instead.  It'll never be happy where it is, long term.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Jasmine flowers on last year's growth, so ideally prune after flowering so it has chance to develop next season's flowers.

    There's a bit more here.
     https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/jasmine/growing-guide

    I'd get/make as big and wide a planter as you can, because they need a fair bit of leg room.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    It isn't really a jasmine, it's a potato vine, sometimes called false jasmine. The white one can be grown in a pot, at least 60cms deep, but it won't be as big and vigorous as one in the ground. In a pot it will have to be fed and watered but don't over water. 

    They are usually pruned, can be quite heavily, after the first main flowering then long stems that get in the way can be pruned and tied in to keep it neat. Autumn is a bit on the late side for pruning though. The white one is a little tender, doesn't like very cold winters so may need covering with fleece from a garden centre, especially around the pot and the base of the plant.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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