My mother gave me a potted Jasmine plant for Christmas. It was beautiful, full and even had some flowers on it. Now, it's drying up, looking sad, not so full. This plant (with pot) is over 6.5 feet tall. I really want to save it and want it to start climbing all over my living room! What can I do?
Jasminum polyanthum? Murraya paniculata? The first one needs brighter and cooler conditions than most interiors provide, the second is not a climber.
This one is a climber. There are already vines growing away from the bushy mass that appear to be looking for a place to go! Part of the plant seems fine. But a lot of it has dried out. It doesn't get a lot of light :( I'm headed upstairs for some water... there is a tag on it that says what it is....
It will probably not bloom again without cooler temperatures than you are likely to have in the house. Try searching "jasminum polyanthum culture" and similar phrases on the internet, seeing if you think you can provide what it needs. These appear at outlets here a little later in the year, adorned with fragrant flowers to entice the unwary - it is neither a permanent outdoor plant here nor a really suitable house plant. Some get it to grow for a time outside but since it is only hardy to about 20 degrees F. sooner or later most locations have a winter too cold for it. I have occasionally seen it climbing or hanging near windows, indoors, apparently for some time but perhaps never with flowers made from buds set and opened in the new environment.
Mine runs riot on a fence. Is this the jasmine with the lovely perfume and seems to be a weed in the state north of us http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/jasmine.asp Liz
I live in Colorado. In the winter, it's too cold outside. In the summer, it will be too hot. I don't have air conditioning in my new house. The basement is cold. Maybe I need to move it downstairs? I didn't realize this is a plant that likes cooler temps.
Thanks Liz, I didn't realize they are a weed down there in the wild. We sell them in nurseries up here. They don't seem to look too great in pots for long though. I actually planted one on the western side of the house. It gets from around midday until late afternoon sun directly on to it. It never gets watered except when it rains. So it's actually in pretty extreme conditions and has grown to cover at least 3m of wall now, shading a window from the sun. It sends off heaps of runners which I turn back into the plant, but I can see how it could get away easily in a natural environment.
It is very happy here in the heat. Keep cool feet. [roots] with mulch. I wonder if it could be an indoor plant in the most severe part of winter then cart the pot out for spring and summer. Just make sure the sun doese not cook the pot.. We do not go below freezing here but it is very hot and dry over summer. Just being out doors might make it flower. Liz
