Jasmine

Jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) - USDA Zone 9-11. It is generally a woody shrub, climber or a trailer with two hundred species mostly from Asia, Europe and Africa. It is native to tropical and warm temprate regions. It reaches to a height of 10-15 feet, growing approximately 12-24 inches per years.

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Jasmine leaves are either evergreen or deciduous. The leaf arrangement is opposite in most species, leaf shape is simple, trifoliate or pinnate with 5-9 leaflets, each up to two and half inches long. Some are yellow in color while most of the species bear white flowers which are of one inch in size. Flowers in the olive family, Oleaceae, usually have four corolla lobes but Jasmine is an exception having five or sixes lobes. Petals have strong and sweet fragrance. Flowering takes place in summer or spring, usally six months after planting.

Jasmine
General Information
Scientific name	Jasminum polyanthum
Common name	White Jasmine
Planting month	year round
Uses	edibles, medicines, hegdes, used to cure different diseases
Description
Height	10-15 feet
Spread	3-6 feet
Habit	round
Texture	medium
Density/Rate	moderate
Leaf	simple, entire, opposite, oblong, pinnate, evergreen, green in color
Flower	white, pleasant fragrance, year round flowering
Fruit	pod, 1-3 inch long, dry and hard, not showy
Stem	not showy, typically multi trunked, sometimes clumping
Cultivation
Light Requirement	full sun to partial shade
Soil Tolarance	alkaline, clay, sand, acidic,loam
Drought Tolerance	moderate
Soil salt Tolerance	unknown
Scientific Classification
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Magnoliophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Lamiales
Family	Jasminum
Genus	polyanthum

Jasmine Growing Conditions

Jasmine prefer full sun to partial shade and a warm site. They grow well in moist, well drained, sandy loam to clayey garden soil with moderate level of fertility. Adding of leaf molds to the soil makes it better for the growth of the plant. Mild fertilizer should be applied during spring.

Plenty of water should be given during summer but this can be reduced during winter. If the plant is to be grown indoors, then bright indirect or curtain-filtered sunlight should be given. In winter these indoor plant should be provided with full sunlight up to at least four hours a day. Temperature should range from 68-72 degree Fahrenheit at night, during day 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit will be an ideal range of temperature.

Jasmine Care & Cultivation

One or two initial ploughings are required to remove the weeds present in the land. It should be followed by the digging of pits at a size of thirty centimeters. Farmyard Manure (FYM) should be used to fill these digs.

Jasmine bushes should be planted during June to November. Plants should be kept at least eight feet apart in order to save the later growth of the plant from jamming together. Addition of fertilizer should be done from time to time. Phosphorous and Potassium should be applied in two split doses i.e once after annual pruning and again during June and July.

Younger plants should be tied with the stems to give a fairly heavy support. Tips of the plants should be pinched to stimulate lateral growth and frequent pruning should be done to restrain growth. If the vine is to be grown as a ground-cover then upward twining stems needs trimming. First irrigation should be given immediately after planting and subsequent irrigation at an interval of seven to ten days. Stem cutting and sowing of seeds are handy methods for the propagation of the plant.

• Mild fertilizers are required for best growth.
• Temperature must be controlled.
• Jasmine needs regular pinching and shaping to control growth.
• If not planted at a proper distance, plants will quickly become crowded.
• Containerized plants should be planted in the fall.
• Fully developed, unopened flower buds should be picked in early morning.

Jasmine Uses

• Dried flowers of Arabian jasmine are used to flavor Jasmine tea
• Flowers are used to make garlands.
• Its oil is used in perfumes and food flavorings.
• It is used in Ayurvedic medicines.
• Jasmine is used for mouth ulcers, and its fresh juice is applied to corns.
• It is also used as an alternative for cancers as well as viral and bacterial infections.
• It has antidepressant, antiseptic, anti-spasmodic, sedative and uterine properties.

Jasmine Pictures

Jasmines Uavissimum

Jasminum

Jasminum flower

Jasminum Leaves

Jasminum Vertical

Jasminum Vertical

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Trachelospermum Jasminoides

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Shrubby Jasmine

Shrubby Jasmine (Jasminum Fruticans) - A wiry-looking shrub from S. Europe and the Mediterranean region; hardy in England, and though not so important as some of the free-growing kinds, is worth a place on dry banks. It has numerous small yellow flowers.

Indian Yellow Jasmine

Indian Yellow Jasmine (Jasminum Humile) - A handsome kind, being quite hardy for wall culture in all parts; with evergreen foliage, which adds to its value. It flowers freely, and its yellow bloom amidst the deep green foliage is welcome in summer and autumn. Being an Indian plant, it should have a warm aspect and good warm soil. Syn. J. revolutum and J. wallichianum.

Winter Jasmine

Winter Jasmine (Jasminum Nudiflorum) - A lovely Chinese bush which is happy enough in our northern climate to flower very often in the depth of winter, clustering round cottage walls and shelters, and often very lovely when not too tightly trained. In wet years it will be noticed increasing as freely as twitch at the points of the shoots. It should be planted in different aspects so as to prolong the bloom, planting each side of a house or cottage, for example. The sun coming out after hard frost may destroy the bloom on one side, and it may escape on the other.

Jasminum Primulinum

Jasminum Primulinum - a good evergreen form of this, recently brought from China, but found not to be so hardy as the winter Jasmine; though it will probably be a valuable plant in southern gardens.

White Jasmine

White Jasmine (Jasminum Officinale) - The old white Jasmine of our gardens, one of the most charming shrubs ever introduced for walls and warm banks; it is best on warm and sandy soils, and often thrives in the heart of our cities. It should be planted in every garden against a wall, or used for trailing over arbors. It is one of the best of all climbing shrubs, on account of its hardiness and rapid growth in almost any soil. There are several varieties of it, the best being J. affine, with flowers larger than those of the ordinary kind. There is a variegated-leaved kind, not of much value, and one with golden foliage, and there is a rare double-flowered form. It is almost evergreen, except in exposed places. It is a native of Persia and the north-western mountains of India, but is naturalized here and there in S. Europe.

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