Common Jasmine | Jasminum officinale
The Highlights
- A profusion of sweetly scented pure white star-like flowers
- Fill your garden with the sweetest perfume in all of nature
- A deciduous perennial that will bear new leaves every spring
- Fantastic plant to climb up a wall, pole, or doorway
- RHS Certified 'Plant for Pollinators'
- Flowers all summer long from June to August
- Long vigorous growth makes it perfect for covering structures
- Fully Hardy–can withstand even the harshest of British winters
- Please Note: Our climbers are pruned back each winter, and some during the summer, so you may find at certain times of year they do not cover the whole 90cm cane. This is intentional to ensure the best growth when you plant out
The Highlights
- A profusion of sweetly scented pure white star-like flowers
- Fill your garden with the sweetest perfume in all of nature
- A deciduous perennial that will bear new leaves every spring
- Fantastic plant to climb up a wall, pole, or doorway
- RHS Certified 'Plant for Pollinators'
- Flowers all summer long from June to August
- Long vigorous growth makes it perfect for covering structures
- Fully Hardy–can withstand even the harshest of British winters
- Please Note: Our climbers are pruned back each winter, and some during the summer, so you may find at certain times of year they do not cover the whole 90cm cane. This is intentional to ensure the best growth when you plant out
Care Guide
Excellent Pest and Disease Resistance
This variety generally has few problems with diseases. It can have issues with cushion scale when grown outside as well as mealybugs and glasshouse red spider mites with grown in greenhouses or inside but problems are rarely serious.MORE
Water Regularly
Water the plant regularly during the summer, especially during hot and dry periods and especially if you are container-growing the plant. During the winter the plant will need significantly less watering and you should allow the soil to dry out in between waterings if necessary (usually the rain will take care of your watering needs).
Full Sun to Partial Shade
You will want to plant somewhere the plant will receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight everyday during summer and spring. This variety can handled some partial shade where it receives its light as dappled shade.
Any fertile, well drained soil
If your soil is particularly clay heavy and gets waterlogged often, make sure you mix in plenty of organic matter and perhaps even gravel or perlite to help improve drainage.
Feed Every Spring
Every Spring feed with a well-balanced fertiliser such as Growmore or Fish Meal.
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Planting Calendar
- Best time to plant
- Harvest
- Flower