Farmer's jasmine boasts lavish blossom wood that is bursting with vitality for up to eight years. This reduces the maintenance of the cut to a sporadic thinning cut. Read this guide to learn when and how to prune your opulent garden jasmine expertly.

The farmer's jasmine also benefits from vigorous pruning

Thin out farmer's jasmine occasionally - that's how it works

Peasant jasmine (Philadelphus coronarius) is one of the native mock orange trees. The picturesque flowering shrub impresses with its upright, bushy stature, reliable winter hardiness and profusion of flowers from May to June. Garden jasmine plants the buds for the next blossom festival in the previous year. Annual pruning measures could significantly affect the development of floral leases. For this reason, pruning is limited to a thinning cut at intervals of two to three years. How to do it right:

  • The best time to cut is in February when the weather is frost-free
  • Thin out dead, weak and transverse branches
  • Cut off some old shoots with rough, ridged bark at the base
  • Leave an appropriate number of young shoots on the ground
  • Cut off excess scaffolding shoots at ground level

In view of a growth rate of up to 50 centimeters per year, vital skeletal shoots can bend massively and branch out like a broom at the shoot tips. This is no reason to thin out the active blossom wood. In this case, a derivation cut solves the problem. Look for an unbranched, strong side shoot at the bottom. From now on, this drive takes on the function of the new scaffolding drive. Where old, rough and young, smooth wood fork, use the pruning shears.

Note risk of confusion

Dubbing the European chanterelle tree as farmer's jasmine causes considerable confusion among those new to pruning due to the confusion with real jasmine. Real jasmine thrives as a frost-sensitive climbing shrub that is cut back vigorously every year after the flowering period. If you also blend farmer's jasmine, you will remove a large part of the flower buds that have already been created.

Rejuvenate old farmer's jasmine - this is how it works

Without an occasional thinning cut, peasant jasmine turns into a dense, impenetrable undergrowth. From the inside, an unsightly bare cover prevails because the sun's rays can no longer get through. That is no reason to grub up the naturally flowering garden jasmine. A radical rejuvenation cut breathes new life into the old flowering bush. How to proceed correctly step by step:

  • The best time is in late winter
  • First saw off all dead scaffolding shoots to ground level
  • Cut back the remaining shoots by half to two thirds

The vigorous pruning activates a large number of dormant eyes, from which the old wood sprout. Give this growth free rein to be able to judge the quality better. In February of the following year, select seven to twelve promising bottom shoots as new scaffolding. All other specimens have to give way for light-flooded growth.

tips

Farmer's jasmine also looks good in your garden as a picturesque hedge. If you already own a vital specimen, simply grow the appropriate number of young shrubs yourself. To do this, cut semi-lignified cuttings 10-15 cm long in early summer. In the breeding pot with a transparent hood, rooting progresses quickly.

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