Indoor Jasmine def flourishes outside in the London area where many gardens have it against walls facing all directions so long as it gets direct sun for part of the day. It also flowers more often than J officionalis, with main flowering in may/June and second flowering in late summer/autumn. Originating in southwest China, where Jan to March is gen cold though not below freezing, spring and summer is the rainy season, so high humidity.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IS HOW TO GET THE PLANT I BOUGHT LAST CHRISTMAS IN FLOWER, TO FLOWER AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS????? I HAVE POTTED IT ON AND IT IS ABOUT TO FLOWER (MAY-JUNE) OUTSIDE ON MY WINDOWSILL. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FORCE IT IN TO WINTER FLOWERING AGAIN?
My jasmine is now in flower, I have two plants and they are different. The first you can clearly see the pink tinge to the bud and back of the flowers. The second it totally white. The leaves are a different shape as well.
Interesting, because the are flowering at the same time they sound as if they could be both Jasmine officinale, the common Jasmine that is grown out doors in UK. However they could very well be one of the various strains that have been bred, some have a cream coloured tinge, some pink tinge,and some pure white. The Jasmine polyanthum is the indoor plant as Mattbeer87 says above. If it is grown outside it will flower earlier - about May, and if you are lucky a smaller flowering again in late summer.
I have just found out how to make my Jasmine polyanthum flower indoors in the winter, will try, and fingers crossed!
The pink tinges one does usually flower earlier but it got badly wind damaged earlier in the spring. We live only a few hundred yards from the sea and it gets blasted every now and again. I cut it right back to take off most of the damage and it started flowering about a week ago. Usually it is nearer to May than July when it flowers. The white flowered plant is quite young and flowered for the first time last year in late June.
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That's lovely Mattbeer, but which one is it, deciduous or evergreen?
Evergreen. Jasminum Polyanthum, The smell is absolutely incredible. I would suggest it would suffer at anything below -6 though.
I'll try get a picture of it tomorrow for you so you can see how tough it is.
Indoor Jasmine def flourishes outside in the London area where many gardens have it against walls facing all directions so long as it gets direct sun for part of the day. It also flowers more often than J officionalis, with main flowering in may/June and second flowering in late summer/autumn. Originating in southwest China, where Jan to March is gen cold though not below freezing, spring and summer is the rainy season, so high humidity.
WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IS HOW TO GET THE PLANT I BOUGHT LAST CHRISTMAS IN FLOWER, TO FLOWER AGAIN THIS CHRISTMAS????? I HAVE POTTED IT ON AND IT IS ABOUT TO FLOWER (MAY-JUNE) OUTSIDE ON MY WINDOWSILL. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO FORCE IT IN TO WINTER FLOWERING AGAIN?
My jasmine is now in flower, I have two plants and they are different. The first you can clearly see the pink tinge to the bud and back of the flowers. The second it totally white. The leaves are a different shape as well.
Do they both flower at exactly the same time , outdoors?
Yes they are both in flower now, a bit later than usual this year.
Interesting, because the are flowering at the same time they sound as if they could be both Jasmine officinale, the common Jasmine that is grown out doors in UK. However they could very well be one of the various strains that have been bred, some have a cream coloured tinge, some pink tinge,and some pure white. The Jasmine polyanthum is the indoor plant as Mattbeer87 says above. If it is grown outside it will flower earlier - about May, and if you are lucky a smaller flowering again in late summer.
I have just found out how to make my Jasmine polyanthum flower indoors in the winter, will try, and fingers crossed!
The pink tinges one does usually flower earlier but it got badly wind damaged earlier in the spring. We live only a few hundred yards from the sea and it gets blasted every now and again. I cut it right back to take off most of the damage and it started flowering about a week ago. Usually it is nearer to May than July when it flowers. The white flowered plant is quite young and flowered for the first time last year in late June.
Good luck with your indoor flowering jasmine.