Mine will be going in soil tied to the SW facing brick wall at the back of the garden. It can get windy but It is situated with NW and NE wall in a 5 square metre grass enclave. Things did get battered a bit in those storms, including my water collecting bucket.
The East Coast Jasmine.
There is a spot in the rear of the garden where there is a 10m long wooden posted wire fence. It's around 4ft high and would be a perfect trellis. There is a 7ft hedge of conifers behind and around 1.5ft of space between that and the fence. It's a fairly sheltered back garden with full size fencing either side
The spot is again south facing but this time is getting full sun from 12 noon till sun down. Perhaps 8-10 hours of direct, infrequent Scottish sun.
I'm going to take my time before planting this at my mother in laws. I already know she will be keen but I am aware how vigorous they can be. Potting them was potential a method of control on the size. I'm going to try and tie it in a way that pruning will be easy, even it that means taking a hedge trimmer to it after becoming established.
Well that's the theory.
Daphne. I've got slot in mind in the front garden but now realise it's a toxic plant. It'll be lovely by the pavement emitting scents but eating and touching seems to be bad idea.
There is a dog in the rear garden and jasmine seems to be no issue but the Daphne isn't good for anyone.
Its a learning experience this gardening lark but going with the "give it a go" ethos.
I've not been near to a Daphne except for looking at pictures in books and magazines. I can easily imagine the plant is toxic to eat but I never knew that touching it was a no-no!
Fine here thanks @WeekendPruner - hope you are too. I've never heard of Daphnes being toxic to touch either. One thing I forgot to mention is that they prefer neutral to alkaline soil, and don't like being too wet, which is possibly why I never see them around here. I'm not sure how well the jasmines will do in either site. Lots of folk on the forum grow them, but I think the general consensus is that they aren't easy in containers unless they're sizeable ones. Growing potentially large plants of any type will restrict overall growth for a while, but anything that wants be large eventually needs enough room below ground to thrive. Your MIL's site might be better, but the pot may be a problem. It could be worth starting a thread asking for help specifically for that. There's been a few queries about them over the last year, as well as earlier than that, so you might get lucky with the very hit and miss search option at the top of the page. If you do a new thread, just make sure to be clear about the location for each plant. Hopefully, the 2 people I tagged will come back at some point with some help too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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So the Jasmines.
Mine will be going in soil tied to the SW facing brick wall at the back of the garden. It can get windy but It is situated with NW and NE wall in a 5 square metre grass enclave. Things did get battered a bit in those storms, including my water collecting bucket.
The East Coast Jasmine.
There is a spot in the rear of the garden where there is a 10m long wooden posted wire fence. It's around 4ft high and would be a perfect trellis. There is a 7ft hedge of conifers behind and around 1.5ft of space between that and the fence. It's a fairly sheltered back garden with full size fencing either side
The spot is again south facing but this time is getting full sun from 12 noon till sun down. Perhaps 8-10 hours of direct, infrequent Scottish sun.
I'm going to take my time before planting this at my mother in laws. I already know she will be keen but I am aware how vigorous they can be. Potting them was potential a method of control on the size.
I'm going to try and tie it in a way that pruning will be easy, even it that means taking a hedge trimmer to it after becoming established.
Well that's the theory.
Daphne. I've got slot in mind in the front garden but now realise it's a toxic plant. It'll be lovely by the pavement emitting scents but eating and touching seems to be bad idea.
There is a dog in the rear garden and jasmine seems to be no issue but the Daphne isn't good for anyone.
Its a learning experience this gardening lark but going with the "give it a go" ethos.
I've never heard of Daphnes being toxic to touch either. One thing I forgot to mention is that they prefer neutral to alkaline soil, and don't like being too wet, which is possibly why I never see them around here.
I'm not sure how well the jasmines will do in either site. Lots of folk on the forum grow them, but I think the general consensus is that they aren't easy in containers unless they're sizeable ones. Growing potentially large plants of any type will restrict overall growth for a while, but anything that wants be large eventually needs enough room below ground to thrive. Your MIL's site might be better, but the pot may be a problem.
It could be worth starting a thread asking for help specifically for that. There's been a few queries about them over the last year, as well as earlier than that, so you might get lucky with the very hit and miss search option at the top of the page. If you do a new thread, just make sure to be clear about the location for each plant.
Hopefully, the 2 people I tagged will come back at some point with some help too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...