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Jasmine die back

bryan.rultonbryan.rulton Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Hello, I cannot understand problem I have with my Jasmine.
All appeared well last year. Please see photographs for current condition.
I would appreciate any suggestions. On what is wrong and how to resolve.
Kind regards. BryanR

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I suspect the problem is that it is in a pot and gets too dry at the roots. Something that size is going to need a lot of water, and would do better in the ground.
  • bryan.rultonbryan.rulton Posts: 4
    Thank you for that. Always watering it and usually has water in tray under pot.

    Many of our plants are potted as we have to move every five years.

    Thinking of size. Would it benefit from a prune and, if yes, when and how much?

    Thanks again,
    BryanR
  • CeresCeres Posts: 2,698
    Many people have lost plants this winter, probably due to a combination of stress to the plant during last summer's heat coupled with the wet/freezing weather following on. That could be what has happened to your plant.
    Another problem is the size of the pot which looks too small to support a plant of that size. Whilst it is not a good idea to have a plant languishing in an over-large pot, neither is it beneficial to keep the plant confined in something that may be chock full of roots with little room to expand.
    "Always watering it and usually has water in tray under pot". Never leave a pot sitting in water (unless it is a pond plant) as this can cause root rot.
    To find out if the plant is alive or dead, scrape back a small amount of bark to see if it is green underneath (alive) or brown (dead). I'll admit I don't follow that advice myself as I prefer to cut the plant back gradually until I come to something that might support new growth but I am a slash and burn gardener so not given to subtlety.
    Good luck with the plant.

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I think that's Trachelospermum (star jasmine) rather than actual jasmine. They aren't fully hardy everywhere in the UK and a lot of people have posted similar issues this spring so I think it was a hard winter for them. As yours is in a pot (and it looks like a fairly small one for a climber going by what I assume are 2l pop bottles) it will be even more vulnerable to both drought and freezing.
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