I BOUGHT 3 CONFEDERATE JASMINE 2 YEARS AGO. THEY HAVE GROWN GREEN AND BIG, BUT NO FLOWERS. NEED HELP.
CONFEDERATE JASMINE
I'd give them a little more time--some things take a couple years to really get going. As long as they're healthy otherwise I expect you should start to see some blooms this coming year, but it may still be another year or two before you get a really good show. The only other thing I can think of is if they're getting too much nitrogen fertilizer that can cause lots of green growth at the expense of blooms. Other than that they're pretty tolerant--they seem to bloom fine in fairly shady areas as well as in sun, and I never fertilized the one at my old house and it bloomed fine.
Had mine 3 years (and it was bought in a 3gal nursery pot) prior to getting the couple of blooms that I did last year.
They should flower the first year. You have to keep on top of them or they'll become a tangled mess (trimming I mean). They do best in full sun.
Try getting some 2-10-10 granular bloom special. They should be starting to flower right now.
Chantell, a few days ago I wrote about my Confederate (Star) and I had cut mine back big time. It bloomed like crazy this year. It was just a little over a year old. Also, Dave's Gargen Guide on this particular Jasmine says Light Shade. Mine was in the GH on the afternoon sun side when it decided to bloom. So I must agree with you, some sun, but I would be afraid of full sun here. Maybe I will try it on the South Deck this summer. I would hate to fry it. JB
Mine looks like the earlier cold temps have hit mine rather hard...will probably cut it back (mind you she only has maybe 4 vines...LOL) and see what happens. Good though Kevin re the fert - I tend to forget about that - I'm lazy tossing the Dynamite extended release stuff around and then not giving much thought to it.
Kal, I really have to respectfully disagree. I've seen this plant perform awesome in partial sun to even shade. They tend to bloom like nuts with little care in most conditions.
I agree more with Ecrane in general for this plant. One thing that may be a factor here is trimming- at a guess. This plant responds well to regular pruning, and flowering may be related to that. Some plants respond that way- bougainvillea for example.
For me shade=not one photon of direct sunlight. This plant does great in partial shade. Even if the only direct sun is for a few weeks when your oak trees are bare, it's enough.
My experience with this plant and total shade: no flowers and it eventually died.
Beware of the sap of this plant. It's poisonous if ingested or gets into your eyes.
Kal, I have to agree with you. After doing quite a bit of research, most everyone says SHADE or morning sun for a short time. But NO afternoon sun and not even a sunny window for any length of time. Thanks everyone for your input. JB
Interesting info - I just planted 2 a few days ago - a pale yellow & pale pink one - I'm treating it like I treat the clematis, shaded roots and a little sun late in the day :-)
I grew a couple of them on the south side of a house in Round Rock Texas (Zone 8) they got blistering heat and relentless sun. And I'm not sure I watered them often. They grew like topsy and put on a good show the first year. I never fertilized. The soil was clay over limestone. I wonder whether a good feeding of bonemeal would help; in other forums I've heard that some places in Florida have soil impoverished of calcium and phosphorous.
I have two, each in pots on my deck growing up on lattice panels ,over 6 ft full length 20" wide windows. I first planted them for privacy for my sun room because I didn't want to put up windown treatments. The best idea I ever had. I do keep them trimmed a bit to fit that window space. They are each in about 20" pot, sorry I would measure but we are in the midst of a thunder storm :) They are both filled with buds and will bloom this week. I usually get two bloom periods. They get mostly filtered light but do get some sun in the afternoon. In the heat of the summer I usually give them about a gallon a day water a day and bloom fertilizer about once a week. I LOVE these plants, very hardy. They even spent 5 months propped up against a tree several years ago because I live in a townhouse and I was scheduled to be painted. Needless to say they didn't follow the painting schedule but these lovelies still survived it all.
(Zone 7b)