Wild – Creeper jasmine

🌿Plant Care Guide

📝 Description

It performs best in fertile, loamy, well composted soil. They can be slow to get going, but are strong growers when established.Propagation is by seed, cutting & layering take semi-hardwood cuttings in spring or summer, when the plants are in active growth. Treat with a rooting hormone and place in the mist unit on heated benches. Plants also send out long runners, which often root far away from the mother plant. These can be detached and potted, or the runners along the ground can be encouraged to root by layering. Sow seed in spring or summer. Clean the flesh off the berries and sow the seeds in sterile, well-drained seedling mix, keep warm and moist. Pot up when the seedlings are large enough to handle. Pot seedlings and rooted cuttings into loamy, well-composted potting soil and grow on in light shade for the first year.It is drought tolerant, but performs better with at least moderate watering during spring and summer.Train up a trellis or arch, or along a fence, or use as a groundcover, or train into a rounded bush. This plant is particularly lovely near the house or in an area of the garden that is well visited, or around the outdoor sitting area, where the sweet scent of the flowers can be enjoyed, and they are also fragrant in the evenings. It does well in containers.