- Real jasmine tolerates pruning well
- Cutting after the winter break
- Bushy plants by pruning after flowering
- Rejuvenate real jasmine by cutting
- Don't forget gloves when cutting!
Real jasmine (Jasminum officinale) should be cut several times a year. The ornamental plant doesn't mind, even if you cut it back a little more. When is the best time to cut real jasmine and what you should pay attention to.
Real jasmine tolerates pruning well and can also be cut as a hedge
Real jasmine tolerates pruning well
Real jasmine tolerates pruning at any time. This allows you to keep the ornamental plant in good shape and, if you wish, also to grow it as a climbing plant on a trellis.
You should cut:
- after the winter break
- after flowering
- dried shoots
- for rejuvenation
Cutting after the winter break
In the spring, when you get the jasmine out of the winter break, it is time for the first pruning.
It should be done before the plant sprouts. Only cut back the real jasmine slightly so that you do not remove later buds.
Bushy plants by pruning after flowering
To ensure that the real jasmine grows beautifully bushy and branches out vigorously, cut it back after flowering. Remove the branches with the faded inflorescences.
Rejuvenate real jasmine by cutting
Older plants often become lazy. They only bloom at the outer ends of the branches and don't look as decorative anymore.
A rejuvenating pruning not only brings the plant back into shape. The pruning also ensures that overaged branches are removed and young shoots can grow back.
For rejuvenation, cut back the real jasmine by two thirds. After such a radical pruning, the ornamental plant needs some time to recover from it. During this time she will have few or no flowers. After the recovery phase, it flowers all the more vigorously.
Don't forget gloves when cutting!
Real jasmine is poisonous. Even contact with the plant juices can cause inflammatory reactions on the skin.
Therefore, always wear gloves when cutting or other maintenance work to protect your hands.
tips
If your real jasmine does not bloom, it is often because the non-hardy ornamental plant was overwintered too warm. Real jasmine very rarely develops any flowers if you have cut it back too radically in spring.