Jasmine / jasminum

Refers to the family of the olive Fatherland - Asia, the Arabian, the Transcaucasus.

General description: These are rather unpretentious lianas with fragrant flowers. Support for stems. Usually in the room conditions the following species are bred:

Jasminum polyanthum (Jasmine multiflorous) He has several leaves on a complex pinnate sheet. Stems are lignified, curly. Snow-white star-shaped flowers gather in a racemose inflorescence. The petals from below have a pink tinge. Blossoms in the spring.

Jasminum officinale (Jasmine officinalis) is similar to the previous species, but with pure white flowers. Blooms all summer until September.

Jasminum primulinum (Jasmine primrose) owns creeping nerve stems. The leaves are collected in three, elongated and pointed at the ends. His flowers are not fragrant, semi-double, yellow in color. Blooms from spring until the summer.

Recommendations for the care of the plant Jasmine:

Illumination : Needs bright, but diffused light.

Irrigation regime : Abundant during growth, moderate in winter, but not to allow drying out. To water with warm soft water.

Humidity : Requires regular spraying with soft water.

Temperature regime: In summer the temperature should be moderate, in winter it is cool, but not lower than 6 ° C.

Soil: Recommended soil mishmash: 1-2 elements of clay-sod land, 1 share of leaf land and 1 share of sand.

During the growth period, it needs regular supplementation with liquid complex fertilizers for flowering plants.

Breeding : In spring and summer, root cuttings from one-year lateral shoots root with soil heating and phytohormones.

Transplantation : In the spring, young plants annually, mature once a couple of years.

Pests : Jasmine is most often affected by a scarlet spider mite (in a dry atmosphere, leaves and stems are braided with cobwebs), whiteflies (whitish or yellowish spots appear on the underside of the leaves).

The plant is allowed to help finish with a soap solution, warm rinsing and spraying with an actinic (1-2 ml per liter of water) every three days.

Jasmine officinalis jasminum officinale

Jasmine multiflorous jasminum polyanthum

Jasmine primrose

Jasmine sambac jasminum sambac