If you want to maintain several shrubs in the garden, for example because you would like to create a hedge, multiply your existing fragrant jasmine. Propagation is easy and even beginners almost always succeed. Tips for propagating farmer's jasmine.
How can scented jasmine be propagated successfully?
To propagate scented jasmine, cut 20 cm long head cuttings after flowering, remove the lower leaves and halve the upper ones. Place the cuttings in a growing bed with nutritious garden soil, water well and put a cling film over them. Next spring you can plant out the rooted scented jasmine.
The best time to propagate scented jasmine
The best time to propagate scented jasmine is right after flowering, which lasts from June to July.
Then the young shoots that are suitable for propagation are no longer completely green, but are not too woody either.
How to cut scented jasmine cuttings
Since most scented jasmine species are poisonous, you should wear gloves before cutting the cuttings. The essential oils that come out of the sections can cause skin irritation and inflammation if they come into contact with the skin.
Cut the required number of head cuttings from your scented jasmine. It is better to take a few more shoot pieces, as not all cuttings will root.
Short the cuttings to around 20 centimeters long. Remove the bottom leaves. If the top leaves are very large, cut them in half with scissors. Then the cutting has more power to form roots.
Care for cuttings properly until planting out
- Prepare the growing bed with loose, nutritious garden soil
- Stick cuttings in soil
- Tamp the soil well and water it
- Put clear film over cutting
- Air the film once a day
- plant scented jasmine next spring
Covering with transparent film ensures that the moisture remains in the soil and the cutting does not dry out. Without a cover, you will need to water the cutting daily. Waterlogging must be avoided at all costs.
You can tell whether a cutting is rooted by the fact that it forms new leaves or small side shoots in spring.
Plant the rooted cuttings in the desired location in a sunny or semi-shady location.
Planting scented jasmine as a hedge
If you want to maintain the freshly propagated scented jasmine as a hedge, maintain a planting distance of around 80 to 100 centimeters.
Tip
After budding in spring, fragrant jasmine produces a particularly large number of leaves. The shrub needs a lot of water during this time. If it is too dry, you should water the farmer's jasmine occasionally.
