Confederate Jasmine
Confederate Jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) also known as Star Jasmine is not a true jasmine but referred to as one because of the fragrant jasmine-like flowers it produces. It is hardy in zones 8-10 and ubiquitous in the southern states. Cultivar Madison is hardy up to zone 7.
The twining foliage emerges with light green lance-shaped leaves and then matures to a glossy, dark green color which produces clusters of white star-shaped flowers in late spring to summer. Once established, this fast growing evergreen vine, which can grow up to 20 feet, can be trained to climb supports such as fences, pergolas, pillar and trees. With tip pinching and trimming, it can also be grown as a spreading shrub or a weed choking groundcover. Its tight growing habit also makes it an ideal candidate for topiaries, trailing containers and hanging baskets.
Confederate jasmine prefers fertile well-drained soil with full sun to part shade exposure. Fertilize from early spring to fall with a well balanced (NPK) fertilizer for acid loving plants.
Pruning is important to control excessive growth and thicken the foliage. Prune straggly and tangled vine grown indoors in the fall/winter when growth has stopped and/or after blooming to promote lateral branching. Because C. jasmine blooms on last year’s growth, the best time to prune outdoor plants is after blooming (April-May). Prune away dead, weak, cold damaged shoots in late winter after danger of frost is over. Prune back no more than 1/3 of the vine at a time.
The semi-hardwood cuttings dipped in rooting hormone can be propagated in the spring/summer to produce additional plants. Cuttings exude a white milky sap which can be a skin irritant.
Indoor culture
Trachelospermum jasminoides tolerates a minimum temperature of 40 degrees and therefore in colder climates needs to be grown in a container and brought indoors for the winter. As a houseplant, they can adapt to moderate light exposure as well as neglectful watering but grow best in bright indirect light in the summer and need a minimum of 4 hours of direct sunlight in the winter. Night temperatures of 50-55 and 68-72 during the day are preferred. In the winter provide added humidity but water less.
Another cultivar, Trachelospermum asiaticum cv mandianum, Asiatic Jasmine is also a popular container plant. It has smaller, oval leaves and sweeter yellowish white flowers with a longer blooming time which can start(depending on temperatures) early to mid-winter to the summer.
Ref. Clemson.edu & Logee’s Container Plants
Buy Jasmine Plant with snow-white flowers and exotic perfume midwinter
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I want to plant Confederate Jasmine instead of laying down that red bark. Does Confederate Jasmine do well in Ft. Lauderdale, (South Florida) If so when and how should I plant it?
Leaves and no blooms
Wonderful forum for gardeners. We have friends in VA Beach, who have a jasmine growing near their back door, it bloomed the first year it was planted 5 years ago and never again. I have the same problem here in Northern AL. It is a white flower, so I have been calling it Confederate Jasmine. Theirs have a lot of sun and have grown to a height of 10 ft. trellised. Mine is only about 2 years old and about 3 ft. high. What are we doing wrong? The foliage looks very healthy.
Winterover indoors
I have a star jasmine that I have brought in for the winter. It is losing most of its leaves. Do I correct this by misting, and how often should I mist. Also, I don’t have a good window, but I do have a vertical, portable plant light. Should I use that, and how much? Do I continue using acidic fertilizer through the winter, and what about using bloom boost with it? Thanx for any help, I’d really like to save this plant!
2005-7-16
I need help also with a star Jasmine! It had nice white flowers when I initally bought it 3 months ago and now there is none and it is loosing it’s leaves by the handful!!! Before the leaves fall off the tips get like a dark brown. Do they normally shed their leaves? I have it in a south window and I live in WI. What can I do??
Powdery mildew
Hello, I’m new to this forum, and have been searching for information on what I am experiencing with my jasmine plant. It is indoors, with lots of light, in a cold climate. It has developped a mold on all it’s leaves. It is white and powdery. Any suggestions? Also, when we water it, the water runs straight through, we were told not to soak it, but I feel like it’s not even getting a moderate watering. Thanks
Scale
Great site! My jasmine is approx.6 yrs old and it winters inside next to a humidifier. Has dropped a lot of leaves which doesn’t concern me as also has 4″ new growth. What does concern me is the underside of leaves appear to have scale. Only these bumps don’t seem to be bugs. Plus are quite small. Any ideas? Thank you!
Planting
I have never grown or planted anything ever. I am wanting ti do 2 trelles of Jasmine and then jasmine all over the ground in a specific area of my yard. (almost in a circular area) What other flowers do well planted with Jasmine? Also how fo I do it? Do I just dig a home and put it in? Or do I add potting soil to the area? I am so clueless to all of this I really want to do this so I am completely willing to learn from all of you! I live in Arizona Phoenix area. Thanks any help will be greatly appreciated.
Transplant jasmine vine
I have a jasmine vine that is strangling an oak tree in my yard. In order to save the tree we were told to cut it down (which my husband is doing as I type). I want to replant it along the fence to let it climb. How do you replant a vine??
Blossom blight
I have 2 jasmine plants for about 4 years it is out door in my front yard.
I live in orlando. The problem is only the flower buds turns into black or brown in colour and they get dried and falls of even before they bloom and all the buds are small in size. I used some pest control it works for one week and every week i need to spray it i am tired of it. i don’t see any bugs. The plant is healthy it has lot of leaves and i prune it regularly and fertilize it.
Please someone give me an idea on how to get more flowers to bloom in my front yard without dried flower buds.
2006-6-1
Mary
Hi,
This is my first garden so bear with me. About three weeks ago I planted 3 confederate jasmine vines along my backyard fence. I bought them from a reputable nursery. Two of them are thriving and growing like crazy already, while the third one is not doing well at all. It’s leaves are green but all the flowers are heavily drooping downward and the flowers turn brown and fall off before they open. They are all on the same water schedule and they get plenty of sun. What can I do to nurse it back to health? Please help!!
Rabbit problem
I have 3 star jasmine plants (approximately 4′ tall ea.) that I purchased and planted along a west wall (outside) approximately 1 month ago. They were beautiful, blooming, healthy plants and stayed that way for about 2 weeks. The leaves are slowly browning and the blooms are almost completely gone. They get plenty of water, and the weather hasn’t been too warm here in AZ…yet. I was hoping to acclimate and establish the plants before our very hot summer is upon us. Do rabbits, lizards or mice eat jasmine plants? I have petunias planted nearby and the tops have been eaten by one of the 3 mentioned. We’ve seen all in our yard at one time or another. Is there anything I can do to save these plants which look as if they are being chewed on at their base? Thank you for any advice.
I went looking for bedding plants at a local Lowe’s (close to Memphis, TN) and walked by this wonderful smelling plant and I had to have it. There were a few areas of no leaves, but the flower looked healty. I brought it home and potted it in a patio container. I love it! But…..the leaves show some white stuff on them. I thought it could be the cholrine in the water that the store had watered the plant with. It is easly wiped off. Could my plant be diseased? How should I treat it, if you think so? Also, if you repot a plant in a potting soil that states it has feeder for 4 months and water controll ingredients, but states nothing about acidity, should I add additional acid.
Pruning c. jasmine
I have had the Confederate Jasmine for 5years…I probably live in one of the most powerful zones for this plant which is just north of Mobile, Al..it blooms on and off all year…it on the south wall in front of the house…it has started taking over my front porch…we have never trimmed it back..it is in bloom now…if I trim it back now will it kill it off??
How far apart
I have a 12 1/2 foot x 3 1/2 wide trellis that I would like to plant confederate jasmine on. My questions are; will it cover the trellis and how many plants would you suggest using? I live in zone 8, south Alabama. We have a 2 1/2 acre yard and trying to do something on a grand scale so as not to have a bunch of small gardens.
It gets about 2 hours of sun in the morning and about 1 hour sun in evening.
Ivy for sure is not the way to go as we have spent quiet a few $$ on these plants only for them to die.Please help me as this is where I would love to have my wedding(one day) !
Thanks for any advice,
Propagate cuttings
I want to know if i can cut pieces from my confederate jasmine and root them and have more vines .please let me know thank you sarah parker
hi i just put some cuttings from my confederate jasmine and when will they have the roots on them .and should i leave them out like on the porch are should i keep them in side i got them in the pump house now .so please let me know which is the best thing to do .in side are out side .sarah parker
marion sorel
Hi There My friend gave me some cuttings of confederate jasmine. I have them int he bucket with water and I live in Central Florida. I have them in my screen room Do I plant in potting soil int he garden or leave int he water to root. What is the best way to be sure they start growing and stay healthy. Thank you
Hello,I have 6 Confederate Jasmine growing on a trellis in my back yard that have been my pride and joy every spring.This year they bloomed as usual but now one of them has lost most of its leaves and the ones that are left are a bright red!!This has never happened in the 6 years we have had them. We live in coastal North Carolina and it has been a very hot summer so far.Do you think that is the reason for what has happened and what can I do to help them??
Thank you for any help you can give
Tip pinching
I planted some jasmine next to my fence, some have climbed the fence with one shoot but should I cut them off so it will fill the fence or how do you get it to fill a fence?
Stacy T ( sartaelle@yahoo.com / )
I live in Austin, Texas and I have 3 star Jasmine vines that I am trying to coax into covering an iron fence on my condo’s patio. The plants seem healthy in color, and bloom, however, in two years their growth has sparse – reaching maybe two high and not very dense. My neighbors next door have the same type of Star Jasmine, but planted it many years ago, and they said their vines covered the fence in two years and now they have trouble controlling it’s dense growth. I am wondering what I can do to encourage that type of growth in my own vines.
Leaf spot
I live in the high desert of So.Calif. I planted Confederate Jasmine on the south side of the house. It get’s full sun until late afternoon, is watered weekly. I am seeing white and brown spots on the leaves, lighter color in the leaves, and no bloom on the plant. It is growing, but there is a problem, and i don’t know what it is. This is my first Jasmine
Spider mites
I was given a new Jasmine plant about 4 weeks ago. It had lot flower buds, but only two matured and opened, all the others just dried and dropped off. Today I noticed a very fine web on in it in two places with lots of tiny dots moving on it. How can I best look after this plant and keep it alive, and get rid of the insects on it? I live in NY and the plant is in my office. Thank you.
Cold damage
We live in zone 8 / Dallas area. We’ve had 3 days of Frost in december and my star Jasmine vine (about 15 feet or more) has now turned brown – branches and leaves. This vine has been around for 4 years and did very well. It is the 1st time this has happened. I’ve not seen a single green leaf on the main branches. I do see some green leaves at the very bottom – very few. I’ve pruned it back to 1/3 its size and fertilized it. Please advise if I need to prune more or should I give up on this.
Bud blast
I live in the state of FLorida and have a jasmine growing up a tree. It is quite large and I haven’t trimmed it for about a year. Since I planted it, it hasn’t produced many flowers. This year the flowers bloom and turn brown and die right away. The foliage on the plant are green and healthly and it gets plenty of water. Should I try to put a blooming fertilizer on the plant?
Hi, I am new to this site and I find it very helpful. I live in NYC (Queens area) and I recently bought a beautiful jasmine tree, not sure if it is a confederate, though. I put it near a big window facing south. Few days after we had it at home it was all flowers and the smell was just wonderful. Then we had to leave for few days and my nanny decided to put it on a metal tray covered with plastic. When we got home all the flowers were gone and it started loosing all the leaves. We had very hot days recently and we the AC on but it was not blowing cold air against the plant. Since we came back the jasmine is getting worse by the minute. After reading some of your posts, i decided to remove the plastic and leave it on top of newspapers but elevated 1/2 inch with some pieces of wood. Am I doing things right?
Please help, I love that jasmine!!!
Thanks! Benny
Powdery mildew
Some of the leaves of myConfederate Jasmine look like they have a white powder, but it doesn’t wipe or scratch off. What should I do for it? It’s a large, corner plant about 6′ tall. It was here when I moved in 5 years ago. I don’t have a green thumb, so I’m desperate for some advice! Thanks.
Tara
Hello, I’m new to this forum, and have been searching for information on what I am experiencing with my jasmine plant. It is indoors, with lots of light, in a cold climate. It has developped a mold on all it’s leaves. It is white and powdery. Any suggestions? Also, when we water it, the water runs straight through, we were told not to soak it, but I feel like it’s not even getting a moderate watering. Thanks
Red leaves
I live in North Florida and I have about 10 confederate jasmine plants that I planted at the beginning of the year. However about a month ago the leaves started turning dark RED and then brown. All of my plants look like this. I water then regulary and they still look alive but why RED and brown leaves?
can u plant star jasmine as a ground cover around ruffle azaleas. I live in florida and i hate keeping the mulch looking fresh and thought i could maybe use the jasmine for the cover instead.
Chlorosis
I planted 20 star jasmine plants outdoors in central coastal florida two months ago. all are growing ok but on several the leaves of new growth are yellowish. have fertilized with time-release osmocote and several weeks ago added ironite. what’s happening?
I have added additional ironite as you suggested but a local nursery suggested adding magnesium. I know this is acceptable for palms but I am hesitant since I have found most of the nurseries in this area are fairly ignorant and often shoot from the hip. What do you think?
Ants onthe buds
I have tiny ants on the buds of my confederate jasmine. What can I do to get rid of them?
Oops! Sorry about the additional comment blocks with “NO comment” in them (I’m new at this). Dilemma: I relocated a healthy confederate jasmine in 1995 to a family rental (same general local in S.C.). It thrived and bloomed beautifully over the next several years. I returned to this property in 2003, and was sadden that the jasmine was gone. While preparing a new flower bed the following year, I found the jasmine was still alive under a mountain of weeds and leaves. I have given it a lot of TLC over the past 4 years, including acidic fertilizer. The leaves look healthy but the vines, although lengthy, are very small and spindly and it just refuses to bloom. Is there something I can do to restore this plant to its former beauty?
Budworm
Hi – not sure what variety of Jasmine. I bought my plant about a month ago, repotted it, and put it on a sunny porch. It seemed very happy – putting out a lot of buds and a new shoot. However, the buds are not blossoming. They look ready to pop, but then some of them will just shrivel, turn brown and fall off. The leaves all look very healthy. Today when I was watering it I noticed a bit of leaf curled over on itself and tacked down with spidery stuff. I found this a couple other spots on the plant and when I peeled one open a small pale greenish/brown catepiller with a dark head, about 3/4 inch long was inside. I found one other brighter green catepiller that was “inching” along when I first got the plant. Please advise how to treat it? I’ve looked at pest sites but can’t find my worm. Also, I have a geranium and an oxalis on the porch – I’ve moved them, but do I need to quarantine my Jasmine? Thanks!
I think I made a big mistake with my confederate jasmine. When I bought it, it was root bound with the roots circling the pot. I had intended to re-pot it anyway, but didn’t bother to read up on it before I started. I trimmed the root ball, but think I probably got carried away. All the leaves have fallen off and there has been no new growth for at least a week. Have I killed it completely?
The Confederate Jasmine is planted in a pot. I’m really sure how much to water it, without any leaves left. I don’t want to overdo that, too. I’m in Central FL and it’s still pretty warm during the day. I have it where it can get lots of indirect light and only moderate direct light. Thanks for your comments.
Hello
I live in the Florida panhandle. My confederate jasmine has produced seed pods for the first time. When will they be mature enough to harvest so that I don’t wait too long and they split and are dispersed everywhere. Also any seed germination and seedling tips would be appreciated. Thanks.
I am considering planting confederate jasmine in my back yard. Is the plant safe for my dog, should she decide to chew on it? Also, when is the best time of year to plant it here near the coast of SC?
I am wanting to plant Star Jasmine. I plan on building a trellis. I was wanting to know …what is the best size lattice to use? The spacing in the lattice can be anywhere from 1 3/4 in.(privacy lattice) to 3 in. Does it matter the size of the lattice? or will it climb pretty much anything? Also will it climb PVC lattice just as well as wood?
Hi,
I have overwintered 3 star jasmine in the greenhouse in MI. Should I put them out in spring or leave in greenhouse till june zone shaky 5. Would they be flowering in greenhouse yet? Mine are not but look real healthy have been growing for 5 months in greenhouse.
Thanks great site
Living in MN. I brought my potted star jasmine indoors mid October. It was in a sunny window doing fine, in December it started dropping a few dry leaves. I water it once every 10 days. Now in mid January all leaves have dropped. I cut back the vine until I saw green. Will it come back this spring? Should I increase humidity in the room? Help! I used to live in CA and I miss the smell of star jasmine in the spring/summer.
I have a Confederate Jasmine for about 6 years that has always grown well in a large pot outside with plenty of sun. The plant has grown about 6 feet tall and is wrapped around a trellace. Through the winter, I neglected to water the plant and we had a very dry winter. All the leaves have turned brown and remain on the vine. When I break open part of a branch, I can see that it is green and still alive. I have never cut back the vine in the 6 years and normally wrap new growth around the trellace. It is March and I am in Dallas. What do I do? Should I cut back 1/3 and pinch off dead leaves? Thanks, Nikki
I have confederate jasmine that has grown on a trellis. I have had it for about 2 years and it has never bloomed. I am finally seeing a few blooms. I was wondering if it should be fertilized?
I live in N. Ft. Myers, FL. I have several star jasmines growing as a hedge in western exposure. Exposure is filtered light in some places due to palms, and some doesn’t receive sun (blocked by house until about noon).
I have a sprinkler system which comes on a couple of times a week. The jasmines have been in the ground for about 3 1/2 – 4 years and have done great.
For the past month or so I have noticed them starting to get skimpy and some leaves are turning yellow. When I first noticed the problem, I fertilized with high acid fertilizer. The problem is still there. Now I have noticed that underneath some of the leaves, I see tiny dark spots that don’t move.
Could you please give me advice on what to do for the star jasmines?
Incidentally (and hopefully unrelated) I did have a Queen Palm near the Jasmines die about a year ago, or less. It was due to a fungus that affects only Queen Palms and another Queen can’t be planted in its place. It is a new disease that has an unknown cause and no cure yet. I think it only affects Queen Palms, as the Agricultural Agency told me. It is not the fungus or disease that had mushrooms or something like that at the base. The fronds did not droop. They just died still extended straight out. I think it started at the bottom ones. New growth would come at the top and eventually the whole thing died.
Thank you so much for your help.
Kay
I am new to gardening and am very pleased with this forum. Thank you for all the tips! I will be planting my new confederate jasmine today, in San Antonio, Tx.
I planted two confederate jasmine plants by my pool 2 years ago. I live in central North Carolina. It is in full sun and my sprinkler system waters 2 times a week. there is some water spray that hits the leaves when watering (mister type spray) maybe just the bottom portion of plant. Well it did awesome all spring and summer and I had it trained to grow up the side of a brick column with help. (fishing line). after the fall and winter the sping came again and sections of the vine were dead and eventually the vines died. that was last year. I had two confederate jasmine planted beside my house with partial shade. One is growing good and the other did the same thing this spring. It seems to be comming back though. I will prune out all of the dead branches and see what happens. Any precautions you can suggest? I get black spot from time to time and I spray Fertilome triple plus and it takes care of that problem but I cannot figure out what is killing the vine during the winter months.
I am new to gardening, and have had mixed results with my attempts at landscaping. Lots of trial and error, but I’m feeling confident enough to try a new project. I have a two story (roughly 22 feet) arched entry way over my front door. I want to frame it with confederate jasmine, trained on wire in a diamond pattern. I’m not sure if the vines will actually climb high enough. I’m concerned that it won’t make it to the top, and ultimately will not give the desired effect. What do you think?
I recently bought a Confederate jasmine and I’m planning on planting it on a trellis. I’ve been considering several locations around my yard. One location is in a sandy corner between my house and sidewalk. I know the vine gets quite woody as it gets larger. Could the roots possibly harm the foundation of my house or my concrete sidewalk?
I live in Bellevue Washington, and I bought two Star Jasmine plants about three weeks ago. They looked and smelled wonderful and now some of the leaves are turning brown and the flowers are turning brown as well. Everyday time we have a couple of really hot days, close to the 90’s, the flowers turn brown around the edges. I am new to gardening, and I don’t know what I am doing wrong. They are in direct sun till about 2:00pm, and I water 2 times a day, in the morning and night. What should I do? Or do some of the leaves turn brown?
I just bought my first home this spring in Madison, WI – it’s a condo on the second floor and I set about creating a container garden. I purchased two star jasmine bushes in hopes they would wind around my balcony railing. I have southwesterly exposure and they seem to be doing ok. However while there is some new growth it’s minimal and it’s been about a month. I’m currently fertilizing weekly with Miracle Grow but is there anything I can do to encourage them along? A different fertilizer perhaps? I was told that this particular jasmine is a very vigorous grower but mine doesn’t appear to be.
I live in Central Florida and have confederate jasmine plant that is five years old/ After blooms this spring it has taken off but there are small groups of growths on the stems of the new shoots. I am wondering if this is some sort of root system for the vines or pests?
Hello,
I live in the Twin cities, MN and just bought a star jasmine this summer. It did fantastic this summer but i’m wondering about winter care. I know i need to re-pot and bring inside for the winter. Our house has windows facing south and gets really warm with indirect sunlight, but it also gets dry. how far do i cut the vines back for the winter? Any other tips for sun light and keeping a humid atmospher would be great.
Thanx,
Adrienne
Why would one confederate jasmine planted and treated exactly the same as the other vine and the other grows healthy but doesn’t vine?
I just planted my first three stalks of Confederate Jasmine last week. They are in my back yard, they get moderate afternoon sun. They seemed to be doing fine but this morning I was watering them and they have a strange growth on the sides of the stalks. It is white and hard, looks like some kind of mold or fungus maybe. It’s not powdery, and when I touch it is is attached to the stalk. Does anyone know what this is or how to get rid of it? I just planted them, have been watering them every other day. I live in Atlanta, so it is very hot here in summer. Thanks.
Not blooming
Hi, I have a confederate jasmine growing in my yard but it doesnt bloom anly 1 or 2 flowers a week. I give it some water every other week but the rain keeps drowning it. do you think that could be the problem?
Sooty mold
Hello, I live in San Diego and have Jasmine growing as ground cover for 6 years now. Lately I’ve noticed the leaves seem to have hard black powderish stuff on them. Can you help please. I’ve heard of white powder but nothing to do with black. Thanks!
I have 6 young adult C. Jasmine living in HUGE planter boxes that can not be moved indoors. I live in Lubbock Texas (NW Texas) and the winters are not so mild here. It typically freezes every night. What can I do to protect these guys from dying? They are close to the house and protected from freezing winds. I just want them to die.Please help!!
Winterize Confederate Jasmine
I live in the city of Chicago and planted a Confederate Jasmine in the backyard. It did fine this year, due to the rainfall. It is growing on a trellis and has reached about 5 ft. Question: Can the plant winter outside if covered and soil treated to prevent ice crystals. If not, what steps should I take to re-plant in an indoor planter?
Winterover jasmine indoors
I live in Northern Colorado and am wondering what I need to do with my star jasmine plants. I have three of them outside on my deck, but now that it’s starting to get colder outside I’m wondering if I need to bring them inside. Also, how often do I need to water these?
Thanks in advance!!
How in the world do I get the sticky stuff from jasmine off of clothes I wore to prune the plants? ( I should have read up on pruning jasmine before wearing a black shirt. Grrrr)
Thanks
Thank you so much for all of the valuable information on jasmine. We planted just over 200 plants along a 7 foot high, 420 foot long chainlink fence almost 10 months ago. We’re very pleased about how well they’re covering the fence. We’re seeing some yellow leaves in some of the shady/wetter areas of the yard. Hoping it will come out of it in the Spring. We’re located in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
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In your case yellowing leaves can be a sign that the soil is too wet. I could not open the pictures.
Rabbit damage?
I planted a row of star jasmine along a chain link fence in the yard. They were healthy and green, growing up the fence but all of a sudden they are all cut! Do rodents or some other kind of animal like them. It doesn’t seem to be eaten but just cut so that the vines dry up. We live in Southern California so the weather is good. They were growing good for the last 5 months since planting.
Spacing
I live in North Florida and am thinking about planting some jasmine to climb my aluminum fence for privacy. I get a lot of full sun all day. I am new to gardening and have been having problems with the more “tropical” plants surving our recent freezes and cold temps. (Hibicus, bird of paraside etc)
Will I have the same problems with the jasmine? I also have about 2 30ft sections of fence available for them to climb on, how many plants should I get…if any? Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Hi,I live in Michigan and bought a very healthy 4 feet tall star jasmine last year.Kept it on south facing patio.bloomed decently.Then during the fall season ,brought it indoors and kept near north facing window.Leaves started to slowly fall.The plant is now bare.Moved it to south facing window ,little away from actual window few months ago.New leaf buds are forming all over the plant ,but they die within 3-4 days.What is wrong.Thanks for your help.
Hi Ela
What exactly are the new leaf buds doing? Are they turning black?
Hi, just going to throw this one out there… I live/work in the Bahamas at a resort and have some bungalows with pergolas that we were thinking of putting Conf. jasmine on for cover. One of the nursery’s here said that there was an issue getting them in because the Bah. Ag. Dept stopped the importation due to it being prone to a certain type of disease (undisclosed). I cant find any that it is prone to online, any ideas? Is the nursery just having a hard time getting it? The next issue, it will be close to the ocean, high winds whip up salt spray and “burn” the flowers and leaves of my Bougainvilla, Hibiscus, etc. Will it be hardy enough to stand up better than those two?
Winterover Confederate jasmine
Hello. I love this site. Very information. I have two star Jasmine that I overwintered in the garage (in Michigan). They did okay except that they were full of mealy bug with white webbing all over. There was new growth though. However on one website it said I should prune it hard back to the dirt almost. Now I read they bloom on old wood. Two questions: 1) will they survive; and 2) if it grows, will I get any blooms this year
The leaf buds just dry out and turn black.
Pruning
Hi –
I have a about a 20ft by 13 ft wooden fence where a star jasmine (i think) was planted many years ago. It is proliferate and is probably up to 3 feet deep. Only the surface is green and blooming with a bunch of old (dead?) stems underneath making up the 3 ft of growth. Last winter, I hired someone to prune and she took a electric saw to it and cut about 1/4 off the face of the vine exposing lots of stems and said it would grow over with new growth in a few months. 5 months later, it’s still just a bare thick wall of exposed stems although the jasmine is starting to grow back. The rest of the area of growth is doing fine and is very thick.
So my question is what is the proper way to prune/cut back such intense growth of the jasmine so that it’s not so thick on the fence (that I share with a neighbor)? And is there any way to further cut back the dead/dry stems that are exposed but still thick along the fence? Also, how can I can prune to stop the growth from jumping to the trees nearby?
THANKS!
I have 3 confederate jasmine planted along a fence. The new growth this spring looked healthy for a couple weeks, but now the new growth and even most of the older leaves are curling. There is no evidence of powdery mildew on the leaves and almost all the leaves are still green without any discoloration. Is this a result of too much watering or some other problem? How can it be remedied?
Hi, What a great forum.
I have 6 vine jasmine planted with various sun exposures around the interior walls of a courtyard. They’ve been happy and beautiful for 5 years until last Fall. Then the leaves on all but one (which only gets reflected sunlight) began turning brown and dropping off. None get full sun and their feet are shaded and thus don’t dry out. From the reading I’ve done in this forum, I’m not quite sure whether I really have to cut them back to the ground and hope that the roots are fine and will throw up new shoots (that would be sad as they have provided walls of green year round and, of course, that heady fragrance) . I live in the northern Willamette Valley and although we get several weeks of freezing weather…it doesn’t last more than two weeks at a tme.
I’m going to try again in case it got lost the first time…….
Hi, just going to throw this one out there… I live/work in the Bahamas at a resort and have some bungalows with pergolas that we were thinking of putting Conf. jasmine on for cover. One of the nursery’s here said that there was an issue getting them in because the Bah. Ag. Dept stopped the importation due to it being prone to a certain type of disease (undisclosed). I cant find any that it is prone to online, any ideas? Is the nursery just having a hard time getting it? The next issue, it will be close to the ocean, high winds whip up salt spray and “burn” the flowers and leaves of my Bougainvilla, Hibiscus, etc. Will it be hardy enough to stand up better than those two?
Yellow/brown leaves
First off I want to say I think that this is a great forum! I am writing because I am in Arizona and my old neighbors grew Conf. Jasmine on the south side of their house and it was successful there so I have tried to plant it at my new house. When planting I dug a hole three times the size and put the soil that they told me to use at home depot mostly around it and then on the edges mixed it a bit with the native soil. For the first few months it took off with new growth but now the growth is drooping and the leaves are turning yellow and brown I have pictures at http://img717.imageshack.us/i/dsc07013l.jpg/ I have been watering it twice a day at the roots morning and late afternoon. It gets about 4 hours of direct sunlight due to fear of placing in full sun and burning up in the summer. Any guesses to how I can save the plant? Do you think the soil is to alkaline or am I watering it to much? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! ( P.s. I no longer have communication with my old neighbors so I was not able to ask them) Thanks!
thanks I have backed off on the watering and the yellow has gone away and…it is starting to bloom : D thank you very much!
glad to hear that!!
Too cold and wet
Help! I live in Colorado and recently bought and planted two star jasmine plants in the corner of my yard near the fence. The plants were well established when we planted them, however, they are looking a little sick. The leaves are still green but very droopy and are starting to take on a brownish tint. We mixed the soil from the yard 50/50 with a potting soil mix from the nursery. I have been very conservative with the watering since it’s rained here alot lately. It’s planted in an area that gets about 4-6 hours of sun but no more. I am very new at this but did some research before I planted them. Can you tell me what I’m doing wrong?
Hi! I just planted a new confederate jasmine to replace one that I had pruned too extensively (I thought it was dead, but I do see some shoots coming out of the base.) Anyway, on the new plant, there are strange looking furry groups of viney-looking things that are on the stems. It almost looks like the vine has split into lots of little hairs on two or three spots. Should I prune them off?
I bought a 5ft tall jasmine from Costco about a month and a half ago and it was full of beautiful white flowers and buds. The flowers that were on there are now brown and all of the the buds that were on there have blossomed and are now turning brown. There are new vines growing, but there aren’t any new buds or flowers on the plant. Is this normal? Our balcony faces south and I thought at first maybe she was getting to much sun so I moved her back in the corner a bit where it is shadier. She is so beautiful I want to make sure I am doing this right! Oh, and I haven’t repotted her yet…
I’m in central Florida. I have a jasmine (I think it’s Confederate but I’m not sure) that I’ve had in a pot, outside, for a couple of years. It has never thrived; it just does okay. At first I had it in a full-sun location. The leaves yellowed and it only put out a few flowers. I thought maybe it was getting cooked so I moved it to a part-sun location. It was there over the winter. It put out a few more flowers this spring but still not a lot, and it really hasn’t grown in size. I’ve just moved it back to the full-sun spot. The leaves are yellowing, it isn’t putting out any more flowers and it just doesn’t look all that good. I don’t think I’m overwatering.
Any suggestions?
It’s in standard potting soil, I think. I have not fertilized it. What kind of fertilizer should I be using and how often? Should I repot it?
Hi,
I recently planted star jasmines on the backyard slope, and a few days now they seem to have brown flowers. Some are slowly turning brown. The leaves seem to be OK. I have been watering them to make sure the soil is moist during the day.
I also have a big yard and did some lasagna gardening to prepare my soil. I still have the cardboards surrounding the jamines. Should I take these out? The reason I did the lasagna gardening because there were too much weeds growing in the back yard.
Would you recommend watering the plants with Epsom Salt mixed with water?
Thanks…
Avoid spraying water on the flowers as that can cause the flowers to brown.
Hi! Really glad I’ve come across this page – lots of useful hints.
I live in the Pacific Northwest (Vancouver, actually) and am thinking of planting confederate jasmine alongside a northerly facing fence. The area receives very little sunlight (maybe 4-6 hours of indirect sunlight on a good day). I understand that the confederate jasmine is one of the few flowering vines that performs admirably in the shade, but am I asking too much given the amount of sunlight it will receive? If so, might you be able to suggest any (evergreen) alternative?
My confederate jasmine that’s climbing on the fence has red leaves and spots , more this season than last year. The flowers are really small and sparse as well. What could be the problem? A yard down the road has one and it’s all green and the flowers pop. (NC Coast)
THANK YOU so much for sharing your great knowledge ~ and for taking the time to answer all of our concerns.
I recently bought two Jasmine, one for myself and one for my neighbour, and we have used your knowledge to get our plants off to a great start. Today I found some aphids, went to your site, and there was my answer. You are a such a great resource! Thank you!
I have 2 beautiful jasmines that are 5 years old and have outgrown their trellis we are planning on trying to cut them back and build an arbor to put them on that will hold their weight in the future but I am concerned about cutting them back because they are over 8 feet by 5 feet and I will have to cut them back severely to get them off of the trelis that they were originaly on and get the new one built, what do you think, will I kill them? I really don’t have a choice but I hate to do this because they just finished blooming and it was wonderful, I live in south Louisiana.HELP!!
I have 2 star jasmine plants in pots on my porch. One is growing well and the other has developed tiny black dots on the under side of the leaves. The leaves are still green but I have also found tiny black ants that are on the plant and did not know if that could be related. It also seems as if the white flowers are not growing and that the ants may be eating the flowers….
I have recently planted five, 6ft Trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine) up against my fence, four of these plants have taken really well with new growth and excellent colour. One has not grown and is dropping most of its leaves. This plant is approximately 12ft away from the next plant and I can’t understand why this is happening? All of the plants were feed through under the fence from the garden side as the gap is only about 3 inches on the other side. 3 of the plants have their root system covered in block paving on the garden side (1 of which is the plant not taking but the other 2 are very healthy)and all plants are watered every other day on the outside. The fence is facing south east and the soil is quite acidic and has a good percentage of clay in it. Azaleas etc tend to do quite well. I live in Stafford, England. Can you help?
I have two star jasmine plants I bought about a month ago. They were in full bloom when I purchased them, but now all the flowers and some of the leaves are turning brown and dying. I water them once or twice a week and they are in a shaded area of my yard. Please advise. Thanks.
Scale?
My friend has left a pot of Jasmine for me to take care while she is on a vacation for a month. The plant was healthy and in a good bloom when she left it with me a week ago. I watered it alternate days as she said. But, I can see small bugs – snails(small circular), lots of transparent pearl-like eggs, small ants etc. I kept the plant in my northeast facing balcony. There is enough sunlight. I live in TX. Please help. I don’t want my friend to think I didnt take care of her plant. I do want to but I don’t know how. Thanks.
Transplant shock
I uprooted a 8 ft jasmine that is also attached to a trellis. It was in a 2′ by 2′ by 2′ pot. I had to uprooted in order for me to move the plant. the roots are all over the pot and I had to cut around the roots with a shovel in order to uproot the plant. After I moved the pot I replanted the jasmine back in the pot without changing the soil. 3 weeks later I don’t know if the plant i dying. The leaves look droopy but still green and all the flowers are drying up. Is the plant dieing? What can I do to help the plant? Please help me save my jasmine. thank you.
too much sun
Hello, I planted small star jasmine from flats to droop over walls on either side of my driveway. The ones in the shade are doing better than the ones that get afternoon sun. Those have red and yellow leaves and growth is stunted. I water with a buried soaker hose and supplement with a little overhead water on the hottest days. I live in Northern California, inland a bit. Soil is sandy loam. I have other jasmine that is very healthy that only gets morning sun. I think I need to create a shade cloth structure over the plants that get the hot afternoon sun. What do you think??? Thanks.
How long does a bloom last? I purchased a small plant a few days ago and have it indoors. It looks very healthy and full of buds, but as soon as one of the buds open into a flower it only lasts one day and then the flower falls off. Is this normal for a Jasmine?
Thank you for any assistance.
I live in Northern California. My husband and I just moved into a new townhouse and we have a fenced in porch which faces west, so it gets late afternoon sun. The soil was pretty hard, so we mixed in top soil and manure before we planted. We planted many different types of plants including two star jasmine. They are not doing very well. The leaves are turning yellow on the inside and in some cases, brown. I don’t see any kind of spots or anything on the underside. We are watering all of our plants about once every two days by holding the hose over them. Is that wrong? What is the correct way to water? Are we watering too much or too little? Are we supposed to be fertilizing? We have already had to remove one delphinium because it got brown and shriveled up completely and now some of our other plants (Spirea, salvia, hydrangea) look like they are about to do the same thing! Help! This is our first little garden and we want it to succeed
I have healthy Jasmine but there is a white hard substance all over it. I’d love to send you a picture. It’s not a bug or mildew – is it just part of the jasmine plant?
Send me a picture to Kris@Hortchat.com
Have read about this plant on one site it says that the deer will not eat it, another said that they do. My question is not really for deer but for cows. (they eat every thing)
Hi – You have provided a wealth of fantastic information on star jasmine here, but still, I am not quite sure what to do about my own plants.
We just moved to a home in a coastal climate of northern california that has been much colder and foggier than usual. We have two old star jasmine in a partially shaded area against our fence. One plant seems to be doing very well. Nice dark, perky leaves. The other has gotten droopy in the past few (really cold and foggy) weeks with some seriously droopy clusters of brown leaves, and some yellow ones. No bugs or mold as far as I can tell. I was watering them once a week, but then I worried the problem might be root rot. However, I just checked, and the soil is dry around the ailing plant.
As it is August, I wonder — is it too late to fertilize? And with what? (and by the way, my husband has been pruning. Could the plant be in shock??) thanks so much for your help!!
Hi,
I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and have a jasmine flower/bush (I do not know what type – it has dense bunches of flowers)in my front yard. I moved to this house 4 years ago and never pruned the bush. It had flower every year but without spreading any seeds. This year however it has dispersed its seeds all over my front yard which have turned into small Jasmine bushes.I just realized that I had to prevent the bush from spreading it seeds but I do not know how to do this. Any idea would be appreciated.
Thanks for the advise. I think this is the best solution.
Repotting
Hi,
We live in Dalls/Fort Worth, TX. We would like to transplant the jasmine tree we’ve just purchased in a bigger container rather than in the yard so that we can bring it indoors once the winter hits. The plant is a healthy 5-foot high with healthy geen leaves &; came in 10″ container.
Our question is as follows:
What size of of conatiner would be ideal for such a plant?
Thank you. Any advice you may give us will be greatly appreciated.
BTW, you have a great forum & thanks for helping the amateur gardening community.
Thanks for the advice.
Winterover Star Jasmine
Hi, I live in Minnesota. My father and I bought a Star Jasmine this summer along with our usual hap-hazard collection of tomato plants, snap-dragons, basil, and various flower seeds. It’s our first such plant and the folks at the nursery advised us to plant it in the ground and, if we wanted it to survive, bring it indoors for the winter. We’ve had a wet, hot summer and the Jasmine is doing well in the sheltered, eastern-southern place we put it, though there has not been much new growth since we bought it in early May.
I know it needs to be brought in before temperatures go below 40 degrees and that we should try to get as much of the root as possible when we dig it up. We have a large south-facing window that is currently home to a happy aloe vera, begonia, cactus, rosemary, and an orchid, all of whom have survived at least one winter (the begonia is about 20 years old) so that should give it enough sun through the winter, and I’m sure we can rig up some kind of humidity tray. My question is, is there anything else we can do to increase the odds that our new star jasmine will survive the winter once potted and brought indoors? Pot size, soil type, root stimulant (any favorite prayers to plant deities
)?