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\"Jasmine
Jasmine in bloom on a wintry day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the depths of winter, when the air is cold and dry outside and hot and dry indoors, there is no indoor plant we cherish more than Jasmine polyanthum<\/em>. This beloved subtropical vine forms a trailing mound of small leaves and curling tendrils. The dark green glossy foliage is beautiful to look at, but it\u2019s the small white flowers and the heavenly fragrance they release that makes this plant such a treasure. The perfume can fill a room, and no matter what the weather outside, it lifts our spirits by conjuring warmer, balmier places.<\/p>\n

\"Keeping
Keeping jasmine moist but not soggy is the key to maintaining healthy plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our Jasmine plants are grown here in our greenhouses, which are overseen by Nursery Manager Barb Pierson and her staff. They\u2019re shipped to customers starting around mid November and can be shipped through late March, depending on the weather. We asked Barb to talk about Jasmine and to offer a few tips on how to keep these plants thriving through their season of bloom or beyond.<\/p>\n

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Jasmine buds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere are lots of varieties of jasmine,\u201d Barb says. \u201cConfederate Jasmine is the one you see growing down south. It\u2019s not for indoors. Ours is Jasmine polyanthum<\/em>. You don\u2019t often see it in the landscape. It\u2019s more of a houseplant. Other indoor varieties don\u2019t produce the same number of blossoms. Jasmine polyanthum<\/em> gives one big flush, which may continue for weeks. The fragrance is in so many perfumes, soaps, candles and infusers. In addition to the fragrance, the vine itself is lovely, delicate yet strong, the dark green leaves spaced along tendrils. The small, star-shaped white flowers stand out against this lush, beautiful background.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nursery staffer Sam is an experienced jasmine grower, and she takes superb care of our plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last summer was \u201csuper hot,\u201d as Barb puts it, and while Jasmine polyanthum<\/em> doesn\u2019t like that kind of heat, the plants did beautifully, largely thanks to Sam, the staff member who tends them. \u201cShe\u2019s now a seasoned jasmine grower,\u201d Barb says. \u201cShe\u2019s been doing it for at least four years, and she doesn\u2019t let them get too dry.\u201d<\/p>\n

WATERING<\/p>\n

The key to keeping Jasmine polyanthum<\/em> happy is to give it \u201csteady, even moisture,\u201d Barb says. \u201cIf jasmine gets very dry, it doesn\u2019t bounce back. At any point in their life cycle, if you let the plants dry down to where they\u2019re physically wilting, they really don\u2019t bounce back without getting brown leaves and looking awful. These plants like humidity \u2013 you can spritz them or use a humiditray<\/u><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

FERTILIZER<\/p>\n

While some customers keep their jasmine plants and summer them over to encourage rebloom the following winter, the majority (and most of our staff members) treat the plants as winter \u201cannuals,\u201d tossing them out when the bloom cycle is done. If you do choose to keep a Jasmine polyanthum<\/em> plant going through the warmer months, take it outside in spring once temperatures have settled above freezing, and give it a shady spot. The plant will appreciate fertilizer. \u201cThey take a lot of feed,\u201d Barb says. \u201cWe use Organic Gem\u00ae Liquid Fish Fertilizer, a foliar feed, and they really like that. (Be advised that the smell persists for two days so do the feeding in summer when the plants are outside.) Feed them once per month from April to the end of October. Use a water soluble fertilizer for houseplants, and use it at half the recommended rate.”<\/p>\n

TEMPERATURES<\/p>\n

In autumn, the plants are cooled naturally. In mid-September, \u201cwe begin cooling them to 42 degrees F at night,\u201d Barb says. \u201cThis is part of what initiates flower formation. Starting in mid-September, we hope for cool nights, not below 40 degrees F, until mid-October. Then we turn up the heat gradually to 65 degrees F.\u201d The days begin to shorten at that time of year. \u201cThat\u2019s probably a trigger, too,\u201d Barb says, \u201cbut we have no scientific material to back that up. Indoors, the plants don\u2019t like hot air from radiators or fans blown on them. They prefer shade to bright, indirect sun. They do not like direct sun.<\/p>\n

\"While
While the fragrant white blossoms of jasmine tend to get all the attention, we also love the delicate vines, which send tendrils up and out in a cascade of lush green.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PRUNING<\/p>\n

If you summer over your plant, \u201cStop pruning by August 1 or you will lose blooms,\u201d Barb says.<\/p>\n

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Jasmine plants in handcrafted Barnsley Bowls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SHIPPING<\/p>\n

\u201cWe start shipping jasmine around Thanksgiving when they\u2019re fully budded and ready to begin flowering. We\u2019re sometimes delayed if the fall is warmer than usual,\u201d Barb says. \u201cThey can take the upper 20s in temperature so shipping continues, but we try not to ship after it\u2019s below freezing.\u201d If the box is left on someone\u2019s front stoop for hours, the buds will fall off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey like 40 degree to 50 degree cool weather, and the flowers last longer in cooler temperatures. A cooler room of the house with bright indirect light is ideal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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