Indoor jasmine: care

Jasmine is a very attractive plant on which many small star-shaped white flowers with a delicate jasmine aroma bloom in winter – it seems that spring has come to the house.

Jasmine (Jasminum) is a genus of evergreen bushy, liana plants with large flowers, belonging to the olive family. The flowers are collected in inflorescences, the color of the flower is white, yellow, pink.

Types of indoor jasmine

У природному середовищі жасмин зустрічається у Азії. Рід жасмину налічує більше 200 видів, що ростуть у субтропіках. До кімнатних умов пристосовані такі види:

Jasminum polyanthum is the most popular species. It is a very robust and strong vine, if the stems are not pruned (every year) they can grow more than 3 meters. The buds of this species are pink, from which white tubular flowers bloom.
Jasminum officinale is a vine, white tubular flowers, elongated, with a pleasant delicate smell, blooms in adulthood (3-4 years).
Jasminum rex – has long ovoid leaves, flowers are large – up to 7 cm in diameter, blooms in winter. The flowers do not smell.
Jasminum primulinum (mesnyi) – this type of jasmine has semi-double flowers, large – up to 6 cm in diameter, yellow, odorless. The plant blooms in late spring and early summer.

Caring for indoor jasmine

Proper care is necessary not only for the abundant flowering of jasmine, but also for the vital functions of the plant, including growth and development.

Light brightness for indoor jasmine

Jasmine is suitable for bright diffused daylight. In summer, direct sunlight is detrimental to the plant.

Air temperature for indoor jasmine

The air temperature for the development and flowering of jasmine should be -+15-+20 ° C. , in winter during flowering – not lower than +14 ° C, and in all periods – not lower than +8 ° C, at such a low temperature the plant may die.

Watering and humidity for indoor jasmine

It is necessary to water indoor jasmine during the growing season (during flowering) every 2 days; in summer – every other day. Maintain constant soil moisture, but make sure that the soil is not too wet, excess water must be poured out after watering. In winter, when the air temperature is +8 ° C, you need to water the jasmine when the top layer of the earthen coma dries up. The air humidity for jasmine should be high, spray the plant in the summer every day (at a temperature of +8 ° C, it is unnecessary to spray). During flowering, try to spray not on the plant, but around the plant. How to increase the humidity around a flowerpot?

Fertilizer for indoor jasmine

It is necessary to feed indoor jasmine in spring and summer once every 14 days with complex mineral fertilizers for flowering plants.

Transplanting and soil for indoor jasmine

You need to transplant jasmine as needed, after flowering and pruning the stems. The composition of the soil for jasmine should include: sod land, sand and leaf humus (3:1:1).

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Jasmine propagation

Jasmine is propagated by cuttings, air layering, layering.

Pruning indoor jasmine

In spring and summer, after flowering, pinch the growth point (cut off 2-3 upper leaves). Pinching should be done every month until the beginning of autumn.

Why does indoor jasmine not bloom?

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Temperature conditions. In very warm (+24° C) and cold (below +14° C) rooms, jasmine will not bloom. The buds will fall off or not appear at all.
Air humidity and watering. With insufficient humidity and watering, jasmine’s leaves will curl and fall off. In winter and during budding, jasmine needs to provide moisture around the flowerpot, you do not need to spray the leaves. During budding, the soil should not dry out.
Brightness of light. Jasmine blooms at the end of winter, then, when the first buds appear, it needs to be rearranged in a brighter and warmer place away from batteries. In low light, the buds may fall off.
Water for irrigation. Use settled water (you need to defend water for at least 2 hours), or rainwater.
Improper planting of jasmine. Jasmine will not bloom if the neck of the trunk is deeper than 3 cm. into the ground. Repot the plant so that the area of the trunk where the roots begin is on the surface.