The easy-care winter jasmine is quite robust and versatile. With the appropriate climbing aid, the winter jasmine can grow up to 5 m tall. With this plant you can not only add greenery to house walls or loosen up hedges but also plant pots.
Can you plant winter jasmine in a pot?
The winter jasmine can be easily planted in a pot and reaches a height of 1.5 to 2 m with a climbing aid. What is important is a sufficiently large pot, a sunny or semi-shady location and root protection in winter. Regular cutting supports flower formation.
In the pot, winter jasmine usually grows to a height of around 1.5 - 2 m if it is given a climbing aid. Without this support it usually remains at a size of around 1 m. Choose a sufficiently large bucket, this ensures good stability. In addition, your winter jasmine will also get enough nutrients.
Divorce your winter jasmine in the pot regularly so that it stays in good shape and forms new shoots, because it blooms on annual wood. Winter jasmine tolerates cutting very well. If you cut off too much, the plant will recover relatively quickly.
Choosing the right location
As in the open field, winter jasmine in the pot needs a sunny or partially shaded location that is also protected from the wind. The delicate yellow flowers with snowcaps are a very beautiful sight, especially when you are sitting in the warmth. If you can, place the pot on the terrace or within sight of a window.
Overwintering potted plants
With any type of potted plant, there is a risk that the roots will freeze in winter. This risk increases if the planter is relatively small. If you live in a rough area, then wrap the planter in the fall with an old sack (€189.00 on Amazon) or a wool blanket to avoid the risk of freezing to death.
The buds of winter jasmine can tolerate frost down to -15 °C. The flowers sometimes freeze because they are a little more sensitive. But the winter jasmine produces so many flowers that this only leads to a short break in flowering, not to an end to the flowering period, which lasts until March or April.
The most important things in brief:
- suitable as a pot plant
- possibly give climbing support
- Location: sheltered from the wind and sunny or partial shade
- Protect root balls from frost in winter
- prune regularly
Tip
The winter jasmine is an excellent container plant. Give it a climbing aid.
