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Jasmine beesiana

Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
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I have just bought a Jasmine beesiana from Lidl claiming it has red? flowers.
I already have a pink flowered one, with variegated leaves climbing an 8 ft fence and my neighbour has a white flowered one on a trellis next to my front door, but I have never seen a red flowered one. I haven't done a google search yet but I am going to grow this plant on in a pot until it flowers, just to make sure I am not being spun a porky pie.
I also bought a white/cream passion flower, Constance Elliot, again I am going to grow it in a pot until I see what the flowers are like. 
Not that I have a suspicious mind about cheap plants and their labelling.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It's a thug. I wouldn't plant it In my garden - even if the flowers are reddish.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    How interesting. I have looked it up on a couple of google sites where it is described as less vigorous as the white variety with reddish pink flowers.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I have a hate hate relationship with next door's JB so I'm probably not the best person to advise you @Joyce Goldenlily 😏
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I have one (also bought cheap from a supermarket). The flowers are red but are tiny and fairly inconspicuous, and it's a thug even on light sandy dry soil. I pull lumps of it out fairly regularly. I'd give it a miss, or at least keep it in a pot to see if you love it before giving it garden space.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Joyce GoldenlilyJoyce Goldenlily Posts: 2,933
    Hmm. Sounds worth a serious consideration then.
    I do have a place with absolutely rubbish soil along the bottom of an 8ft fence, between my garden and a field.
    I will keep it in a pot until it has reached flowering size and then have another think.
    One site describes it as rare, priced at £49.00 reduced from £59.00, another is selling it for £14.99. I paid £2.99, admittedly for not much more than a rooted cutting. I find it difficult to think they are all the same plant.
    No wonder people coming new to garden struggle to sort out what to choose and grow.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    My only experience of growing J beesianum was in 2000 on the Devon/Somerset borders.  It had dark pink flowers but was sold with the caveat "not fully hardy". Can't remember the actual name but it never seemed thuggish in the 4 years I had that garden. 
    As you say @Joyce Goldenlily - it's a bit of a minefield these days - not only for new gardeners either  :)  
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