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Trachelospermum Jasminoidesserious problems
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Last September I bought 15 Traelospermum Jasminoides, along with an equal amount of winter jasmin, honey suckle's, and two varieties of clematis..
The idea was to have some kind of climbers to cover our chain link fence in our garden.
All plants have took well apart from the Traelospermum Jasminoides, they are all in a bad way. If anyone could give some advice to try and save these plant I'd be very thankful.
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Can't help with you question I'm afraid but how long is your fence? That's a huge number of plants.
Dyers End, 56 meters each side, 112 in total.
I'm planning to move them into pots as I'm suspecting the spot was too frosty for them, and not as dry as I thought. Bit disappointed, they've barely grown up the trellis in 2 years. I've just picked up 2 new rambling roses to fill the space.
I'll be interested in tips from the forum on how to revive them as I'm planning to move mine into pots for the patio instead, and I'm not sure if cutting them back hard will help or not...
If I had to take a guess, I'd say they have dried out. Dig one up and check if the rootball is still the same shape as the pot.
Very often plants roots need to be 'teased' out at planting time and given a lovely big hole filled with fresh soil to get them off to a good start.
I really don't think these are tough enough for this.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Hi Nutcutlet, are you saying don't cut it back?
I doubt they will survive in that location , unless you're in the south west.
Scratch the bottom of the stems with your finger nail, see if there's any green tissue under the brown bark.
I'm in the south west and mine didn't survive the winter.
8000wildflowers, I don't say don't cut it back. Just that mine, and all those I've seen in this area, have had nothing worth cutting back.
See what Darren says, that's my experience. Mine died and it was in a far more sheltered spot than this one.
In the sticks near Peterborough