Still choosing the wall creeper? It is suggested that it takes a few years to plant ten thousand word jasmine to produce a flower wall.

Ten thousand word jasmine is native to the subtropics of southern China and northern Southeast Asia. It is widely cultivated and associated with the southern United States, so it is called "ten thousand word jasmine". Glossy dark green leaves are mainly evergreen, but fall off at very cold temperatures. This fragrant white star makes it an eye-catching but aggressive plant that can grow on fences, walls, tree trunks or telephone poles.

Growth rate

The growth rate of jasmine is 0.9 to 1.8 meters long per year. At the beginning of planting, the vine seemed to be dormant in the first summer, adding almost no new stem length. At this time, it does not grow on leaves, but in a wide range of roots. In the second year after planting, its growth rate increased a little, and in the third spring after planting, ten thousand word jasmine showed its strong and rapid growth rate. By the end of the summer, jasmine will cover a vast garden area, prompting you to trim it off.

Cultivation opinion

The variety selection of ten thousand words jasmine, such as "variegated" and "tricolor", does not grow as fast as the full green leaf form of this vine. Compared with an annual increase of 0.9 to 1.8 meters, variegated varieties only increase by 0.3 to 0.6 meters per year. The presence of non-green pigments in leaves reduced the amount of food produced by green chlorophyll pigments, thus reducing the growth rate. If you don't want to plant a vine in your garden, you can choose a hybrid ten thousand word jasmine, which is easier to prune and manage.

Pruning

The mature length of southern jasmine vine with green leaves is between 7.6 m and 10.7 m. If there is no vertical surface to climb, the stem will spread to anything so that it can bask in the sun. Pruning can control the shape of southern jasmine, but re-growing plants are also fast and aggressive. The best time to prune this vine is from late spring to early summer, that is, after the end of the main flowering period. In areas where the growing season is longer and frost-free, such as USDA District 9 and warmer winter pruning. When pruning, a lot of white latex sap will flow from the stem of ten thousand jasmine. Flowers bloom only on mature stems at least 6 months old.

Considerations for growth

All jasmine vines, regardless of species, grow best and fastest in non-alkaline soils that are rich in organic matter, moist and well drained. Planting the jasmine tree in hot, dry sand or compacted, unirrigated clay will hinder growth and make the plant look a little sick. Too little light can also hinder growth and inhibit flowering. For best results, expose it completely to the sun-6 to 12 hours a day.