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.
Care
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
Sooty mold
I have a confederate jasmine plant in my patio. It is affected with a black film on the leaves . What it can be?
Thanks
Maria
I bought a confederate jasmine plant from an home improvement store last April, I bought a plastic pot twice the size of the plastic pot it was in and potting soil. I put my jasmine in the bigger pot, watered and placed on my porch. The blooms started falling off about 3 weeks later and none have bloomed since. The leaves are green but dull and the only growth I’ve seen are new seedlings coming up at base in soil. We live in a second story garage apartment in Florida and I’m wondering if its not getting enough full sunlight but during summer the direct sunlight scorches many of my other plants so should I place the container downstairs in full light?
Winter over jasmine indoors
I brought my star jasmine inside for the winter. Now it’s losing all its leaves. How can I save my plant?
Winter protection for potted plants
I repotted my confederate jasmine I just purchased into a bigger container. I live in the foothills of South Carolina. The temperatures here are getting really cold. My concern is will it live in the pot over the winter? Need to know what to do? Help!!!
I am using jasmine as a ground cover in my flower beds. Looks great!!! However it is now starting to find its way up my house. I n
tried Roundup in the areas along my home foundation to try and provide some space to keep it off my house. The Roundup doesn’t appear to have worked in killing off this Jasmine. Is there another spray that will kill off the jasmine that is close to my house, but leave the rest in good condition?
Hi Jason
What about trimming the jasmine so it stays off your house. Most herbicides are systemic and will travel to other parts of the plants.
Well, the roundup worked just fine. It took several days but the unwanted jasmine has turned brown and died and the rest of the plant is in great shape after a month. So no residual damage from roundup. It just takes a little longer than expected.
Hi my jasmine also has the small white bumps all over. For the life of me I cannot figure it out. It is doing really well besides that, so I would like to salvage it if possible. Did you ever figure that out?
Cold damage on Confederate Jasmine
My con. Jasmine is trailing on iron on front porch . I live in north Alabama and we have had some freezing temps lately. It has looked very green and healthy until this past week . Now leaves are turning brown and some are dry. Do you think it will completely die and what can I do. Hhould it be trimmed ? The two plants are approximately four years old???
I have a Confederate Jasmine (so the label said) at a Walmart Garden shop. I brought it home and planted in a large container with a trellis, and put it on the patio. I live in St. Augustine. The plant flowered beautifully in the spring and then grew like crazy. I just trimmed the plant (its now October) by 1/3 and brought it inside. It still is growing – sending out vine growth, and appears to be doing well. The problem, all the pictures I have seen of Confederate have dark green leaves. Mine are a variegated mix of green and yellow on each leave. I thought there might be something wrong with the plant, but it seems to be happy growing out new vine shoots, but not a much as it did in the summer. The plant looks healthy, the blooms were white and very fragrant – it this really a Confederate Jasmine?
Prune Confederate jasmine
Hi Jee,
Agreed. Don’t prune it! Put it in a warm, sunny part of your house where it gets lots of light, fertilize now with Miracle Gro and water once a week. It should start blooming in May for about two weeks.
Don’t prune until the fall when it’s time to put it back in the basement.
Winterover confederate jasmine
i live in rockland county ny, what can i do with my jasmine plant(confederate jasmine) for the winter? i have already lost 2 plants covering them outdoors, not in plastic.
thank you
I live in Las Vegas and am moving next month in March. I was curious to see if you had any tips on transplanting my outdoor jasmine plant that is entwined in a couple large trellises. Should I try to carefully untangle it or move everything together?
Mildly Toxic?
I have read conflicting information that Confederate jasmine is toxic/poisonous. We plan to plant this close to our vegetable garden against a fence to provide privacy to our backyard. Please advise.
We live in northern NY growing zone 4. I have a large star jasmin, still flowering beautyful. Question , when I bring it in how far and how much can I prune it. It is big.
Best time to prune
We live in northern Miss. Our jasmine is 5 yrs old and prolific. To the point, I am cutting back some areas of it about 12 inches each month- it is over 7 feet tall on trellis. Since it blooms from May to Sept. or later, when can I cut back 1/3 like you recommend?
Yellow/brown leaf drop
I have a jasmine I bought last summer and put in a patio pt. It bloomed well last summer (in Seattle). It weathered in the winter outside under a protected area just fine. It has tons of new growth and buds about to open, but for the last month, it has dropped leaves, yellow to brown on the old wood. The new leaves are kind of mottled now and I was thinking they’re going to drop too. What to do? There are tons of buds. We had a very, very late summer. Just now getting into the low 70’s. I don’t see any kind of bug or rust or anything. Is it something in the soil? Help.
Fragrant shrub
I was born & raised in Los Angeles. The Star Jasmine has always been my favorite plant of choice. Now I live in PA, zone 5/6 (depending whose chart I plug my zip code into.)I miss the fragrant easy to please star jasmine. Do you know of any plant with a similar fragrance that can hardy-out in zone 5-6? Vine or shrub is ok…but nothing that has to be brought indoors over the cold snow& icy PA winters.
Thanks
Transplanting jasmine
I live in North Carolina and we have 6 full Star jasmine plants in the lattice around our pool that have grown very thick over the last two years.
Our pool deck has to be completely re-done due to damage and the fence has to come down. I hate the idea of losing the jasmine. It is June now (aka HOT) – is there a way to transplant them somewhere else? If yes, how – for best chance of survival? Please help!
Thanks!!!
We were thinking of getting a confederate jasmine for our yard here in the Norman, Oklahoma area. Is it a perennial? Are we in a good zone for maintaining this plant?
Hardiness
Ok I live in Southeastern Illinois zone 6 and I am wondering if I need to repot and bring Jasmine plant inside for the winter or can I winterize it and it still live . I love this plant and dont want to lose it !!
Diminished fragrance
Hi I live in San Diego about 3 blocks from the beach. I have confederate jasmine growing on the fence facing North. It’s doing extremely well. The only problem is it has a faint scent of jasmine. Is this normal? I was expecting a full blown scent of jasmine with every blow of the wind. Thank you,Lynne
Jasmine growing tip in Dallas
Star Jasmine does extremely well in the brutal July-August-September heat and full sun in Dallas, TX, so I expect that a hot afternoon sun in GA would not hurt it a bit.
This is a very tough plant. Dallas this year got the coldest winter in 15 years: -10 degrees. This killed all the leaves off the vines and it looked dead as could be but at the end of May new shoots started to emerge and now mid-April it is re-leafed.
I have kept in a southern exposure balcony in containers where it had shade until 2pm. Morning shade in the heat, afternoon sun in the hottest part of the day, and in a container! This is a tricky situation for any plant and you will have to pay extra attention to it. Make sure you only water when the soil is just dry and not because it is hot outside. In Dallas it can go for several weeks with no watering when it is planted in the ground. In a container just be sure to let the soil get dry for a day or so between waterings.
Great advice! Thanks
Hi folks,
I’m in Okinawa, Japan, zone 9. I bought a jasmine last year that I’m fairly certain is a star jasmine. When I bought it, it had beautiful glossy green leaves and star-shaped white flowers that were delightfully fragrant. I planted it on the northwest corner of my house in clay soil amended with some peat moss and compost. Did not feed it until recently (used Miracid). It got only a couple of hours of direct sunlight daily but it was primarily in varying degrees of shade. About a month after I got it, it stopped blooming and the leaves started turning brown and dropping off, and I assumed it was in a dormant stage. Pruned it back a little, but then maybe a month after that I noticed the leaves were growing in red, much like new growth on my roses, and I assumed that’s what it was. Eventually, all the leaves on the plant turned a mottled yellow/white/red/green, and it finally dawned on me that maybe this is not right. About 3 weeks ago, I moved it to the northeast corner of my house, where it gets a full day of bright, direct sunlight. Same clay soil but more amendments, this time including manure, bone meal, blood meal, more compost and the Miracid as above. There are finally new green leaves coming in and I just noticed a tiny little star flower and a few buds.
My questions are: 1) is the new growth just coincidental and probably would have come in green anyway?
2) Since the summers here are long and very hot (and very humid), should I move the plant back into a shadier location to avoid burning it?
3) I’ve been reading other posts here mentioning mandevilla–I have one that I bought around the same time as the jasmine, and that has been on the eastern side of the house but has not grown one bit nor re-bloomed in the 6+ months I’ve had it. I recently moved it behind the jasmine (see photo) and it looks like it too is coming around, but it too had yellow and brown specks on the leaves, just not as dramatic as with the jasmine. Should it also be moved to a shadier spot?
Insect problemsI have a confederate jasmine that I am wintering under grow lights in the garage for the third winter in zone 7. Today I noticed woody looking growths on some of the stems. There do seem to be some light spider webs on some of the stems as well. Are these related and what do I do about this?
I just finally got rid of my Jasmine’s spider mites and I highly recommend pruning it and the hosing it off with water. I would even look for a micide. It really depends on how bad the mites are. Mine was extremely difficult to get rid of and its still recovering.
Thanks for the tip. Scale also loves Jasmine which is hard to get rid of.
Hi, I live in phoenix AZ and the temps are still consistently above 100 here. I just bought a star jasmine in a 10″ container and I have it in partially shade and watering it 3x/day (filling the container with water to the rim) . Any recommendations for watering in the heat, planting and pot size? thank you
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 😉 )?
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 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!!
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!
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?
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 have the same problem on my plant! What is it?
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?
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!!
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!
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.
The leaf buds just dry out and turn black.
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
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?
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
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.
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
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!!
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?
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!!
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!
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?
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.
Why would one confederate jasmine planted and treated exactly the same as the other vine and the other grows healthy but doesn’t vine?
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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.
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
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?
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?
Grow from seeds
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.
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.
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!
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?
Ants onthe buds
I have tiny ants on the buds of my confederate jasmine. What can I do to get rid of them?
Nutrient deficiency
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?
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?
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.
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?
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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,
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??
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.
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!!
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??
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.
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!
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
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??
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.
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?