The smell of Jasmine is terrific. I love growing the plant indoors in the winter and outdoors on the porch in the summertime. I found a vining variety a few months ago, and it quickly thrived and outgrew its pot. After transplanting, the vines took off, sometimes appearing to grow an inch or two a day. I am hoping for a lot of bloom in the Spring, so I didn’t want to cut it back, but I needed portable support.
What I chose as support was inexpensive and light, and it works great with a shower curtain hook. A length of delicate chain cut the height of the window frame and attached with any hook allows the Jasmine vines to twine and grow upward. It hangs loose; attaching it to the pot or plant is unnecessary. Thigmotropism is the growth process that causes the Jasmine to twine and climb.
In plant biology, thigmotropism is a directional growth movement which occurs as a mechanosensory response to a touch stimulus. Thigmotropism is typically found in twining plants and tendrils
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The Jasmine is behaving perfectly. I will unhook the chain in late spring and carry plant and vines onto the porch.
Oh goodness. I don’t know what kind of Jasmine mine is but it was planted on a fence line and did great for awhile. Now it has turned into ground cover and just taking over. Only bloomed once but it did smell wonderful.
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I’m not sure of the variety either. I had another plant, and it did well for years, but suddenly became very woody. I hope to find the variety again. It grew slower, but the flowers smelled lovely.
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I put my jasmine inside the house for winter. They were doing good. But lately the green leaves getting dry and falling. I am losing them. I don’t know what to do?
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Try misting them…I also put a tray of water near the heating vent in winter if the plants start to get brown tips.
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Lovely idea… and you are ‘training’ it well 😉 I have two types of Jasmine outdoors… one the winter jasmine and another is a creamy yellow one with a lighter green leaf… This one isn’t fairing so well… But you are right the aroma of Winter Jasmine is beautiful xx ❤
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My hope is to detach the chain and carry it outdoors when it is warm enough. Is the yellow jasmine called Carolina Jasmine?
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Do you know, Its been such a long while since it was planted.. I have forgotten its name… I looked up the Carolina Jasmine, and the flowers seem more starshaped on mine… So I can’t really say…. But its beautiful what ever its name… I did keep the tag on it but it weathered and fell off.. xx
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Tags do the same on my roses…or they are buried somewhere in the ground and disappear.
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🙂 xx
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