Trachelospermum Jasminoides

Care Guide

Evergreen

Non-Indigenous

Climbers & Creepers

Description:

The star jasmine is a vine with small white star-shaped flowers that produces a lovely fragrence from late October to November. The evergreen leaves are lanceolate to oval in shape with a lustrous green colour.

Other names:

Star jasmine, confederate jasmine

Other Names

Star jasmine, confederate jasmine

Plant Summary

Size:

3 – 15 m

Flowers:

September to November

Growth Rate:

Fast

Origin:

China

Watering Needs

Light Preference

Light Preference

Frost Sensitivity

Maintenance

Trachelospermum Jasminoides

care guide

Fertilise your star jasmine with a balanced fertiliser in late summer (January – February) (5-5-5) to strengthen the leaves and encourage flowers in the next season.

See “Flowering” on feeding to encourage your jasmine to flower.

Prune the star jasmine regularly to keep the plant neat and stimulate dense growth.

Word to the wise

Take care with the milky sap that the jasmine secretes as this can irritate the skin and eyes.

Star jasmine grows in soil, clay or loam and tolerates both alkaline and acidic soils.

Star jamine is not a drought tolerant plant, but it doesn’t require a lot of water.

As a rule, keep the soil moist by watering once a week, or twice a week when the weather is particularly hot.

How to encourage a Star Jasmine to flower

Star jasmine prefers a full sun spot (or full sun during the hottest part of the day). If planted in a pot, move your jasmine to a sunny spot.

Add a ahosphorus heavy plant food (7-9-5) to jolt the star jasmine into blooming.

Trachelospermum Jasminoides

propagation

Propagate Gardenia Jasminoides from seed or stem cuttings. Star Jasmin is propagated by taking semi-hardwood cuttings in summer.

Propagating by cuttings

Cut a 25 – 30 cm length of vine from a healthy, well established plant.
Use a clean secateur or knife to make the cut just below the node.
The cutting should preferably not be flowing.
Dip the cutting in rooting hormone to encourage root development before planting them in a garden loam mix.
Keep your cuttings in a shaded area and water regularly.

Trachelospermum Jasminoides

problems

Star Jasmine is not prone to disease, but they do occur. The most common diseases to affect Star Jasmin are blight, rust and Fusarim wilt.
These are diseases that primarily affect the leaves and steams which leave discoloured patches or halos, wilted leaves, and streaked steams.
Treating fungal issues requires a fungicide, but prevention is more crucial because once the fungal spores are active they become difficult to get red of.
To prevent fungal diseases, avoid overhead watering and allow for circulation around the plant.
Root knot galls cause leaves to drop and discolour, but this can often be due to damage caused by nematodes eating away at your plant’s roots.