Rescued a large, vining, thick-leafed jasmine from "Canadian Tire" store (I'm a canuck,(Canadian)tonight.
Great foliage, but in a small pot (5"?) and off bloom, - that's why it was so cheap. I have a greenhouse here, -one with HID lamp. Cool at night, but never freezes.
Any northern gardener willing to part with some advice about getting it to rebloom someday? I love propogating, -
how do you take cuttings from these things?
Many thanks. Barbara
(from Vancouver Island, B.C.-three hours north of Seattle, Washington)
Help. know nothing about an evergreen jasmine!
Barbara... there are several varieties of Jasmine... am taking my chances recommending these urls .... http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1956/jasmine.html http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/trac_jas.cfm
this site has several selections of different jasmine or plants in the Oleaceae family http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Oleaceae/ hope that helps... ma vie
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Baarbara. I know that many Jasmines are layered in the soil..but this one is in a pot! I would think, if you took a cutting of the newest growth..don't you think this would strike roots..If you placed it in a jar of lukewarm water with a teeny bit of rooting hormone??? I bet this would work..your evergreen jasmine sold in the store at this time of yr is probably.Arabian jasmine or Sambac jasmine..Elaine
Is it Jasmine or Stephanotis floribunda ? It has very thick leaves...
http://images.google.com/images?q=Stephanotis+floribunda+&hl=fi&sa=N&tab=wi <<< Lots of photos
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I have one that I bought as an evergreen jasmine; in fact, mine blooms pink blooms and smells real strong and good almost too sweet and Cala lily told me I could root new growth and I am going to try after the holidays. Mine grows really fast and looks good. Hasn't bloomed yet this year though, but I bought mine last March and it was blooming then.My other jasmine, white and yellow, looks sparse at the bottom and full at the top, but this evergreen looks full at the bottom too.
I have 2 areas of confederate jasmine here (FL) that clamber all over the wooden privacy fence on the East side of the house.It propagates itself by layering in the sand if I don't keep it pruned away. It stays green and lush through drought and flood, heat and cold...tough stuff.