Scented jasmine has a particularly decorative effect as a solitary shrub in the garden if you simply let it grow. Regular cutting can only make sense when caring for it as a hedge. When and how to cut scented jasmine correctly.
When and how to cut scented jasmine correctly?
Scented jasmine should be cut after flowering to maintain the natural shape and not remove flowers for the coming year. If used as a hedge, also cut the scented jasmine after flowering and wear gloves to avoid skin irritation.
When is cutting fragrant jasmine necessary?
- care cut
- pruning
- Rejuvenation
- hedge cutting
If you plant scented jasmine as a decorative eye-catcher in the garden, it's best to just leave it alone. This way it retains its natural appearance and thanks you with a true blessing of flowers.
If you grow the shrub in a hedge, regular pruning is necessary.
If the scented jasmine grows too much for you, feel free to trim it down. However, the shrub needs up to two years to recover from this cut (€14.00 on Amazon). It will hardly have any flowers at first.
The best time to prune
Scented jasmine develops its flowers on the thin side shoots. The buds are laid the previous year. If you cut the scented jasmine at the wrong time, you will cut off all future flowers.
The best time for more severe pruning is directly after flowering. Don't cut the bush back too much, just shape it.
In order to continually rejuvenate the scented jasmine, you should cut off two to four old shoots close to the ground every year. Young shoots develop there and the ornamental shrub does not go bald at the bottom as quickly.
Cutting scented jasmine in the hedge
Scented jasmine has a particularly decorative effect in a natural hedge. Here, however, you cannot avoid regular cutting.
The hedge is ideally trimmed after flowering. If you prune scented jasmine in the fall, it will have no or very few flowers the following year.
Do not work without gloves
Scented jasmine, like all jasmine species, can be poisonous. If you don't know whether your shrub contains toxins, you should wear gloves to be on the safe side.
If the plant sap comes into contact with bare skin when cutting, it can cause skin irritation.
Tip
Scented jasmine can be propagated very well by cuttings. Cut cuttings after flowering and place them in moist planting substrate. The new bush can be transplanted next year.
