Tips For Pruning Jasmine Flower To Keep Your Plant Happy And Healthy

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With a clean, welcoming scent and eye-catching petals, jasmine (aka Jasminum) makes for a delightful addition to any garden. Perfect for adding some interesting greenery to any hedge, trellis, or pot, this flowering vine is relatively easy to keep alive if you give it enough food and water. But as with many flowers, in order for jasmine to thrive you'll need to take time to prune it every now and then. Pruning is one of those terms that can sound daunting to novice gardeners, but it's simply a way to help plants grow in a healthy and orderly way by removing excess leaves or stems with a pair of clippers, like these Gonicc pruning shears. That said, there are many mistakes you should avoid while pruning. In the case of jasmine, avoid pruning it until after it has flowered.

When jasmine flowers depends on what variety it is. Summer jasmine flowers at the beginning of fall, while winter jasmine flowers in the spring. Pruning jasmine right after it flowers allows you to understand exactly how much plant you're working with, so you don't cut away too much or damage any of the pretty petals. After you've learned how to successfully grow jasmine, mark your calendar for pruning season and have your shears at the ready. In the meantime, make sure you know the right technique for when it's time to actually start snipping away plant matter.

To the untrained eye, a jasmine bush that is seemingly overridden with blooms may look like an achievement, but master gardeners know that a mess of stems, leaves, and vines can be detrimental to the plant. Too much growth can obscure parts of the plant that are dead or diseased, which can cause damage to spread to the rest of the plant if you're not able to quickly cut it off at the source. Excess growth can also strain the plant and make it harder to care for. To avoid these issues, look out for damaged or crowded sections of your jasmine plant. Clip away diseased leaves, sections growing in the opposite way of where you want them, or any stems that are overwhelming the vine.

Continue to monitor your jasmine plant past the blooming season. Cut away damaged sections of the jasmine as soon as you notice them, and keep an eye out for anything that looks like a new bud. Unless you want to prune away extra flowers, you can encourage these growth nodules by pinching them off. This will lead to the section growing back even stronger. Properly pruning jasmine only takes some attention to detail, but if it sounds like too much, feel free to check out these easy flowers for beginners.