Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Did I murder my star jasmine? :(, 2 by AmandaBP

AmandaBP wrote:
I feel well and truly gutted. I hired someone to prune my star jasmine \"just a little\" and he completely bared it to the roots before I noticed and could stop him, with no care given to healthy vines, where the flower buds are, etc.

(He also exposed a bird\'s nest that I told him about :( Luckily they hadn\'t laid yet but I was looking forward to them being there and had warned him that it was there.)

Anyway, here are before and after photos. The top is left because the ladder didn\'t reach that high.

Is there any chance that this will grow back? It was so bushy and beautiful, and smelled so great. I\'m really sad.

And is there anything I can do to help it along?

Am keeping my fingers crossed that I\'ll one day smell this jasmine again...