Jasmine planting and care in the open field in the Urals

Jasmine - a symbol of passion and love

Jasmine is a multi-stemmed shrub that can grow from 0.8 to 4 m in height, has whole green leaves and snow-white or creamy flowers with a sweet-refreshing scent.

For its unpretentiousness and abundant flowering, this shrub is also loved by gardeners, it can be found in almost every area.

Planting jasmine

In order for jasmine to quickly take root, grow well and bloom profusely, you need to choose the right place and prepare the soil.

Seat selection

Any area can be selected for jasmine; it also grows on the north side in the shade. It is a shade-tolerant plant, but in a sunny place it will grow faster and bloom more profusely.

When choosing a site, it is important to remember that the shrub does not like a close approach and stagnant groundwater.

Planting timing

The ideal time for planting this shrub is early spring or autumn, since during this period the seedlings do not yet have time to open their buds. Gardeners for planting jasmine are advised to choose October.

Soil preparation

Jasmine can grow in any soil, but prefers fertile soil. Before planting a shrub, you need to dig up the ground well, make a hole about 50 cm deep and add nitrophosphate at the rate of 30 grams per 1 seedling.

Experienced gardeners advise planting jasmine in a high area and prepare drainage from sand, gravel, gravel and bricks.

How to plant jasmine correctly?

The soil for planting jasmine must be fertile, therefore drainage must be prepared

When the soil and planting hole are ready, you can place the seedling in it. Make sure that the distance from the roots to the walls of the hole is about 10 cm.

Sprinkle the root system of the seedling with earth, the root collar can be deepened by 3 cm, but not more.

Water the jasmine liberally after planting. If everything is done correctly, then the seedling will quickly take root in a new place.

Reproduction

Jasmine reproduces in several ways: by layering, dividing the bush, cuttings and seeds.

Seeds jasmine is sown outdoors at any time of the year, including in winter. For winter sowing, you need to choose calm weather with a temperature of at least -10 ° C. For this, beds with a depth of 30 cm are prepared in the snow and seeds are placed in them, then they are covered with large branches and straw. In the spring, the shelter must be removed, and the seedlings must be protected from direct sunlight.

If for breeding selected cuttings, they need to be prepared in advance in the fall, stored all winter in the basement, and planted in the soil in early spring. As soon as the cuttings begin to grow, they are spudded to accelerate the growth of the root system.

To form layering, young shoots are taken in early spring. To do this, they are laid in beds and lightly sprinkled with earth. As soon as new shoots appear on them, the layers are spud. In the fall, they need to be separated from the main bush.

The most common and easiest way to propagate jasmine is dividing a bush... To do this, you need to dig out the root system and carefully divide it so as not to injure the plant. Plant the resulting parts in several places on the site.

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In order for jasmine to decorate the garden area and delight with abundant flowering, you need to follow several rules of care:

1. Every week, loosen the soil around the bushes and remove weeds.
2. Use mineral and organic fertilizers.
3. Regularly engage in the formation of a bush, give it the correct shape by pinching the tops.

Watering

Jasmine needs abundant watering, especially during dry times.

Do not allow the soil to dry out! If jasmine lacks moisture, its leaves lose their turgor and turn yellow.

For 1 sq.m. the soil around the shrub will need about 30 liters of water.

Top dressing

The first feeding can be done only one year after planting. This shrub will need organic and mineral fertilizers.

To prepare a mineral fertilizer, stir 30 g of superphosphate and 15 g of potassium sulphide and urea in 1 bucket of water. This amount is enough for feeding 1-2 bushes.

As an organic fertilizer, you can use slurry, which is diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10.

Preparing for winter

Jasmine is not afraid of low temperatures, so it does not need additional preparation for winter. But if the plant is not one year old, it needs to be covered with light-colored material and tied with a rope.

Pruning

In order for the plant to have a neat appearance, it must be constantly pruned. Cosmetic and sanitary pruning is done annually.

Gardeners thin out bushes, remove dried flowers and excess shoots.

It's also important not to forget about anti-aging pruning. In the spring, 4-5 trunks are cut to 0.5 m, the rest of the shoots are removed to the ground.

To prevent fungal diseases, the cuts are treated with garden pitch.

Jasmine is grown as a hedge

Disease and pest control

Jasmine must be protected from thrips, aphids, spider mites, weevils, mealybugs and soft scabbard. As soon as traces of these pests appear, you need to spray the shrub with garden insecticides.

In some cases, folk remedies (ash, soap solution, etc.) help.

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Jasmine varieties

Common garden forms of jasmine include:

• Jasmine ordinary, coronal. It is a large shrub that grows up to 3 meters in height, the flowers are white or creamy, and have a strong odor.
• Small-leaved jasmine... A small shrub with semi-double or double flowers. This species is placed in the foreground of the site; it can often be found next to verandas, paths, benches and gates.
• Jasmine fluffy... It grows in the form of a shrub or a small tree, reaching a height of 4 meters. The flowers are creamy, with a slight scent.

As a result of crossing these three species, it was possible to obtain several varieties of jasmine: "Efironos", "Glacier", "Alabaster", "Ermine mantle", "Airborne landing", "Sambakam".

An image of jasmine varieties can be seen in the gallery:

Application in landscape design

It is used as a specimen plant and for large mixborders. Dwarf varieties look great in rock gardens and rocky gardens, they are used as edging and borders for flower beds.

Jasmine goes well with hydrangeas, lilacs, weigela. Also, designers combine several varieties of this shrub with each other, making hedges out of them.

Jasmine is a luxurious shrub that will adorn any garden plot.

It looks great in compositions with other plants, forms reliable hedges and decorates a wall of a house, a bench or a gate. In order for the shrub to please with abundant flowering and rich foliage color, you need to choose the right place for it and remember the rules of care.

Jul 14, 2015Elena Tymoshchuk

Chubushnik Philadelphus from the Hortensiev family can be found almost throughout the entire territory of the Earth in the northern hemisphere, although Greece is considered to be its homeland. The origin of the name of the shrub is even more interesting and it is associated with the Greek province.

Local residents have mastered the craft of making smoking pipes, and by the name of the province - chubuk. And although with such a shrub as jasmine, the chubushnik has a similarity only in visual indicators, gardeners do not want to give up their erroneous opinion, continuing to call the chubushnik jasmine.

How to plant a chubushnik

How to plant a chubushnik photo

So that the shrub can show all its beauty, first of all, they determine a suitable place for it.

If the selected area is swampy and shady, he is unlikely to like it.

In such conditions, the shrub will stretch strongly in search of sunlight, postpone the flowering period.

And in the worst case, it will disappear from excess moisture. Therefore, it is so important to select a place on the sunny side of the site, with soil without signs of waterlogging.

Recommendations for planting garden jasmine:

1. You need to start by preparing a pit for a garden jasmine. Its size depends entirely on the volume of the root of the bush. Usually small shrubs are planted, for which a 60 x 60 x 60 pit is considered the most suitable.
2. If you are thinking of planting a chubushnik as an element of a hedge or in a composition with other ornamental shrubs, you cannot ignore such an indicator as the maximum size of a jasmine crown. When planting a plant to create a hedge, the distance between the bushes is maintained at a size of 0.7 m.When a composite planting, this figure doubles and is 1.5 meters.
3. Before you start planting a plant, you need to start preparing the soil. It should contain 1 share of sand, 2 shares of humus and 3 shares of leafy soil. Before planting the plant, you should dig it in with prepared earth so that the roots do not wind up. It is also important to take care of the drainage, the height of which from the bottom of the pit must be at least 15 cm.
4. When planting a chubushnik, they carefully monitor the root collar. It shouldn't be too deep. The depth limit of the root collar is 2 cm from the surface.If you ignore this condition, jasmine can die from its decay.

How to care for a chubushnik in the garden

Garden jasmine does not require a scrupulous attitude towards itself. One has only to give him the very minimum of time, as he will thank him with even more lush flowering. We will explain in more detail below.

What, how and when to feed the chubushnik

Only once a year, in late spring, one bucket of diluted slurry infusion is introduced under the jasmine bush. To do this, take 1 part of the slurry and 10 parts of water. Starting from the second year, in addition to manure, fertilizing with mineral fertilizers is connected.

It includes:

• urea, in the amount of 15 g,
• potassium sulfate - 15 gr
• and superphosphate in the amount of 20 grams.

All these components are bred in a bucket of water, which is enough to feed 2 adult plants. This procedure is recommended to be carried out annually with the beginning of the growing season, in the spring. After flowering jasmine, urea is excluded from the top dressing, while wood ash is added.

In a bucket of water they dilute:

• 15 grams of potassium sulfate,
• 30 gr superphosphate, wood ash 100 gr.
• This solution is enough for 1 m² of land.

How to water a chubushnik

During planting, 10 to 20 liters of water is poured under the bush, depending on the size of the bush. Then another 30 liters of water is distributed to water the plant in the first 2 summer months.

Garden jasmine has enough moisture that gets into the ground with precipitation and morning dew. Only in dry periods is it sometimes worth watering the shrub abundantly, but without stagnant water.

How to prune a mock orange after flowering

How to cut a mock orange after flowering photo

Even at the very beginning, before planting, it is necessary to inspect the bush, remove all branches that interfere with
the formation of a beautiful crown. Leave branches with two to three healthy buds at the base of the bush. The rest must be removed.

Pruning mock orange after flowering photo

A year later, after the chubushnik has faded, the bush is examined. This is done in order to eliminate weak branches and those that have undergone a degenerative process. They are removed until the start of growth. In the third year and subsequent years (after flowering), branches are cut off to part of the growth, on which flowering was observed. If the rules for pruning are violated during sanitary cutting of the bush, up to 25% of dead and old branches are removed. Each subsequent year, it will be easier to prune and shape the crown of the jasmine bush.

Jasmine crop video:

How to propagate a chubushnik

For reproduction, plants use one of the 4 proposed methods:

• dividing the bush
• layering
• cuttings
• seeds

The plant tolerates any type of reproduction well and gardeners do not have difficulties with this. Choosing this or that method, you need to know that using the seed of a bush for breeding, the flowering of jasmine can be observed only 3 years after planting.

Reproduction of mock-orange by cuttings

Chubushnik cuttings photo

Chubushnik can be propagated by cuttings in several ways:

• using annual cuttings cut in early spring, before the beginning of the growing season;
• using cuttings cut in the fall.
• green cuttings.

Further actions will depend on which cuttings are used for transplanting.

How to root cuttings cut in the fall

• Cut cuttings are stored until spring. To do this, use the basement, where
  zero temperature is maintained.
• With the onset of spring, prepared cuttings are placed in pits with sandy soil. In this case, a pair of upper buds should remain above the ground.
• A full-fledged root will be formed by autumn.
• The next spring, when the stalk is out of dormancy, it is pruned. They do this in order to give a course to the development of young growth.
• In the fall, an already fully formed young bush is transplanted to a permanent place specially designated for it.

How to root cuttings of garden jasmine, cut in spring video

• Cuttings are cut only from the healthiest and strongest branches. As for their length, approximately 6 - 8 centimeters is quite enough. Each cut should have a pair of leaves and an internode.
• To form a root in such a cutting, it is placed in greenhouse conditions, planted in prepared soil rich in humus, turf and sand.
• Deepening of the cutting - 1 cm.
• After planting, the cutting is sprayed several times a day. They do this so that it takes root faster. Approximately, the rooting period of the cuttings is 2 - 2.5 months.
• Hardening of a young plant is one of the important stages after the rooting of the cuttings. To do this, they begin to open the doors of the greenhouse in the evening. For the winter, hardened, with a formed root system, cuttings are dropped in the open field from the leeward side.

The cuttings are transplanted to a temporary place by May, and the plant can count on a permanent place of growth only after three years.

Reproduction of chubushnik by layering

How to propagate a chubushnik by layering

In order for the process of reproduction of the mock-mushroom to be successful by the layering method, the most beautiful and healthy bushes are selected in advance, cutting them to the ground in the spring. Instead of old branches during the growing season, young flexible and pliable shoots will begin to emerge.

The next spring, before the first leaves appear, a bundle of wire is applied to the flexible stem at a distance of 1 cm to the lower bud. After thickening, the stem takes root. They become part of a single root system of a new bush. As soon as the first signs of stem rooting appear, it is tilted and sprinkled with nutritious soil.

During the season, they spud a couple of times and do not forget about watering. You should start separating this stem of the mock-orange only with the onset of the calendar autumn. Make sure that it is well rooted and has new shoots. It is better not to transplant it immediately to a new place, but to arrange it on a temporary bed so that it becomes strong and enduring. In a couple of years, the chubushnik will be ready for transplantation to a new (permanent) place.

How to propagate garden jasmine by dividing a bush

Reproduction of chubushnik by dividing the bush photo

Large jasmine bushes cannot be handled with this type of propagation. A young shrub will work very well. It is not difficult to remove it from the ground and do all the operations for dividing the bush.

At the first stage, the bush is dug up and carefully freed from the clods of earth so that it is clearly visible in which place it is preferable to divide it. It is important to carry out this procedure correctly, even if the bush is not divided in half. Look more at how the root system develops. When dividing, they try not to harm the plant.

It is better to deal with dividing the bush in the autumn (for the middle lane, this is October). Some experimental gardeners are not averse to dividing the bush in the summer. This is also possible. Just make sure that these manipulations do not coincide with the flowering period of the plant. Despite the fact that the transplantation takes place in the hot summer season, new jasmine bushes are still planted in sunny places in accordance with the requirements of the plant itself.

Growing a mock-orange from seeds

Chubushnik seeds of garden jasmine photo Chubushnik from seeds

And this breeding method requires special knowledge, the right approach, which boils down to the following:

• Purchased or those seeds that were collected on the site after ripening are sown in early spring in late February - early March;
• Before sowing, a soil is prepared, which should contain 3 components: peat chips, sand and humus;
• Seeds for planting are placed in an elastic stocking, lowering it for 3 (or more) hours in a special solution consisting of water and a growth stimulator;
• Then the seeds are placed in sawdust right in this stocking for a couple of days;
• After 2 days, the seeds are removed from the stocking and dried.
• Since the soil in the containers has already been prepared in advance, it remains only to make grooves, slightly moisten the soil and plant the seeds at a distance of 5 cm from each other. Sprinkling peat on top, moisten it again and wait for the first shoots to appear;
• When the first two or three true leaves appear, the plants dive into separate cups and grow on a windowsill or balcony to a height of 20-30 cm.
• Watering should be done in moderation, keeping an eye on the humidity and not allowing the earthen coma to dry out.

Growing garden jasmine from seeds photo

Before planting in the ground, the seedlings are hardened by taking them out into the fresh air. Gradually, the plants get used to their natural environment and can remain outside painlessly for 24 hours. So you can leave young bushes in a shady place in the garden until autumn. In the absence of the threat of frost, the seedlings are planted in the garden in warm autumn, for the winter they are covered with spruce branches or a thick layer of leaves.

How to transplant garden jasmine mock-orange

Not only for its powerful snow-white flowering, but also for its good adaptability after transplantation, garden jasmine is appreciated by numerous admirers. For transplanting, plants are used at any time except for the flowering period. If the transplant is carried out in the spring, then this year the jasmine will not delight anyone with its flowering.

When transplanting, the following actions are carried out:

• the jasmine bush is filled with water, in excess, so that it is easier to dig it out of the ground;
• while the soil is soaked in water, pruning is carried out: old branches, including last year's branches, are cut off completely, while young ones are slightly shortened;
• then the bush is dug up and transplanted to a new place.

At least 2 buckets of settled water will be needed to water the transplanted bush. Then the ground around the plant is sprinkled with a layer of humus as mulch.

Why the mock-orange does not bloom Pests and diseases

Among the pests that can spoil the appearance of jasmine, the most common are spider mites, aphids, and leafy green weevils. You can get rid of them with insecticides. During the spring and autumn processing of the bush, it is best to use karbofos in accordance with the instructions.

Chubushnik may not bloom for the following reasons:

Why garden jasmine mock-orange does not bloom what to do

1. The wrong place for the growth of the shrub was chosen. Shady places negatively affect the plant and should be transplanted.
2. The soil does not meet the requirements, the land is severely depleted. Dig up and transplant the jasmine bush into the soil necessary for its normal growth and flowering. Only fertile air-permeable soil, with timely feeding with mineral components, organic matter will be suitable.
3. Jasmine does not like strong waterlogging. In areas where it is too damp, it is not recommended to plant a chubushnik. Installing a good drainage system to drain water from the ground will be the ideal way out of this situation. Sometimes a thick drainage layer of 15-20 cm, in a pit for planting a crop, helps to cope with this problem.
4. Top dressing of the bush is not carried out according to the rules, an excess of nitrogen is introduced. If you follow all the requirements, the problem will disappear by itself.
5. Both over-watering and lack of moisture greatly affect the condition of the plant. During the period of drought, additional watering of the crop is organized, otherwise the plant will not only not bloom, but may also die.
6. When planting or replanting a shrub to another place, make sure that the root collar is not buried more than 2 cm.Otherwise, it will underpin, which will lead to its decay and, as a result, the plant growth will be inhibited.

How to care for jasmine in autumn and winter

Jasmine needs care with the onset of the calendar autumn, so it is important:

• feed the shrub with mineral fertilizers;
• water if necessary;
• pruning spoiled, old and dry branches.

How to prepare your jasmine bush for winter rest time

• in the fall, it is necessary to pay attention to the mock-orange, whose age does not exceed 1 year. He needs increased protection from the winter cold. With the help of dense warm batting, young bushes are covered, tied with twine;
• deciduous humus is scattered on the soil surface in the area of ​​the root system.
• in winter, especially after heavy snowfalls, the shrubs are freed from the snow cap.
• with the onset of the end of winter and early spring, it is also recommended to drop snow from the crown of the bush.

Chubushnik in landscape design

Chubushnik in garden design photo

Designers have found many ways to use snow-white jasmine bushes for renewal
the territory adjacent to the house.

You can often see:

• jasmine bushes as a hedge;
• as an element in the decoration of alleys;
• will attract attention and like a lonely flowering bush;
• in a single composition with other plants, for example, with roses, hydrangeas;
• as a symmetrical geometric pattern in the landscape area of ​​a summer cottage;
• in the design of a thematic garden.

What can be said in conclusion

Be sure to plant a chubushnik on your site. Let it be not one species, but several, and then the whole summer you will enjoy the flowering of this unpretentious shrub. The unique combination of the color of green foliage and the color of the snow-white jasmine flowers contributes to the harmonization of space and peace of mind.

Types of chubushnik with description and photo

Gardeners fell in love with the following types of this culture, which have become very popular when decorating summer cottages:

• Jasmine virgin;
• Crown chubushnik,
• Chubushnik Lemoine.

Any kind of snow-white mock-orange can decorate a garden plot, create a festive atmosphere. As for planting and caring for a plant, it will not be difficult because of its absolute unpretentiousness.

Philadelphus coronarius

Philadelphus coronarius photo

The crown mock-orange is also called the common mock-orange. The maximum height that a plant can achieve is 3.5 m, while it grows up to 2 meters in diameter. On the reddish shade of the shoots are light green pointed leaves.

Somewhere at the end of May, the chubushnik dissolves its flowers and pleases the eye for 1 month. The five-petalled flowers have a creamy shade, a very pleasant aroma. Not pretentious, grows on any soil, is resistant to gusty winds, does not freeze in severe frosts. Very often, an ordinary chubushnik is used by designers when decorating a landscape.

Chubushnik virginsky or maiden Philadelphus x virginalis

Chubushnik virginsky philadelphus x virginalis ‘minnesota snowflake’ photo

Virginia jasmine is obtained by crossing the small-leaved and evergreen mock-orange species. In garden plots, it grows up to 3 meters high. Oval leaves, 7-8 cm long, together with brown shoots form the crown of a shrub. From the middle of summer, it begins to bloom, releasing snow-white inflorescences, consisting of flowers with a double petal type. Flowers reach 5 cm in diameter. Under favorable circumstances, at the beginning of September, the second flowering of Virginia jasmine for the season is observed.

Philadelphus × lemoinei

Philadelphus lemoine mock cloak × lemoinei photo

Chubushnik lemoine differs from its counterparts in that it has small ovoid leaves. The crown of the bush is dense, spreading. Reaches up to 2.5 meters (diameter). The flower petals are terry at the end. One gets the impression that with the onset of the flowering time of the chebushnik lemoine, which falls on the month of June, its leaves begin to hide behind the snow-white flowers. A huge white ball is formed, which some time ago was completely green. For jasmine of this type, it is characteristic that it can also be two-colored. A purple-pink core with golden stamens peeps through its snow-white petals.

We will tell you the rules for planting and caring for a chubushnik in the open field. We describe in detail when and how best to plant garden jasmine.

We consider caring for a plant in the garden: watering, feeding, pruning, flowering, preparing for winter, as well as diseases and pests.

How is it correct: mock orange or garden jasmine?

Chubushnik belongs to the Hortensia family, and jasmine belongs to the Olive family. At the same time, the shrubs are quite similar to each other, especially with a sweet and strong aroma, which is why confusion arises.

In Russia and the CIS countries, chubushnik is often called garden jasmine, but real jasmine is a thermophilic plant (subtropical zone) and freezes in harsh climates. Some of its species are successfully grown here at home or in greenhouses (Indian, sambac, etc.).

Our planting guidelines and outdoor care tips are for the chubushnik or the popular “garden jasmine”.

• These names are used in the article as synonyms, since under these names one and the same plant is hidden.

In Russian gardens, most often cultivated mock-orange (ordinary), virginal, hybrid winter-hardy varieties of Lemoine mock-orange and Vekhov Nikolai Kuzmich's selection.

Chubushnik "Snow storm"

Chubushnik: planting in open ground

For the excellent development and flowering of the plant, the planting site, soil and soil mixture, planting distance and depth play an important role.

This is a kind of foundation that provides comfortable conditions for growing chubushnik in the open field for the next 25-35 years.

Pick-up location

The plant is best suited to a quiet place that should be well lit, especially in the first half of the day, but light partial shade at noon is also allowed. It is best to plant chubushnik on the south, south-east and south-west side.

Garden jasmine is able to grow in the shade, but in this case flowering will be much weaker, it will stretch out and acquire a less beautiful appearance.

Do not plant shrubs in places where rain or melt water accumulates, as well as where groundwater is closer than 150 cm from the surface of the earth.

Soil and acidity

Chubushnik loves fertile land with high air and moisture permeability. It is well suited to light and medium loamy soils rich in humus. At the same time, garden jasmine is able to grow in poor soil, but then the development and flowering of the bush will be weaker.

Heavy clayey soils are poorly suited; in this case, more powerful drainage and a lighter soil mixture are needed. On sandy loam soils, on the contrary, you can do without drainage, and it is better to replace part of the sand with garden soil.

The optimum level of soil acidity for mock-orange is pH 6.5-7.5 (close to neutral).

Soil mix

Substrate options for garden jasmine.

1. Leafy land, humus, sod (garden) land, peat in equal parts is a universal option.
2. Sod (garden) soil, humus (compost) and sand - 3: 2: 1. Well suited for clay soils and chernozem.
3. Humus, chernozem - 1: 1. Preferred for sandy soils.

• It is advisable to add one glass of wood ash or two tablespoons of superphosphate to any soil substrate.

Landing distance

Large shrubs and trees - 2.5-3 m

Chubushnik hedge

Planting depth

When planting, the root collar of the seedling should be approximately at ground level. The maximum depth is 2-3 cm, otherwise there is a high risk of developing rot.

How to plant garden jasmine correctly? Instructions

1. Dig a planting hole: depth and width - 50-60 cm. At the bottom of the hole, make a 10-15 cm drainage layer of rubble, gravel or sand.
2. Sprinkle in some potting mix. Place the seedling in the center of the hole so that the base of the bush is about level with the ground.
3. Gradually fill the planting hole with soil mixture and compact it so that there are no voids.
4. Trim all shoots about 30% of their length (a couple of buds to a strong bud). Pour 10-15 liters of water into the tree trunk circle. Pour a 3-4 cm layer of peat, bark or sawdust on top to keep the root ball moist longer.

Rules and Tips

• Plant a chubushnik in cloudy weather or in the evening so that it takes root better.
• It is advisable to dig the planting hole and fill it with soil mixture 3-4 weeks before planting.
• If the seedling has damaged roots, remove them and treat the cut with charcoal powder.

When is it better to plant a mock-orange in spring or autumn?

Garden jasmine is best planted in spring (April) or autumn (September - October).

A seedling with an open root system can be planted only in the spring before the leaves bloom, otherwise it will die, and in the fall from September 10 to October 15. Seedlings in containers can be planted throughout the growing season.

These dates for planting a mock-orange are also suitable for gardeners of the Moscow region, the Leningrad region, the Urals and Siberia.

Chubushnik sapling in a container for planting in open ground

Chubushnik transplant

The garden jasmine shrub is relatively easy to transplant at any age. The optimal time for transplanting adult bushes is from late August to mid-October, but it is also possible in spring in April.

1. Water the chubushnik abundantly the day before digging, so that it is easier to transfer it with a clod of earth, and it will stock up on nutrients.
2. Cut off young shoots of the current year (autumn) or last year by 30-40% (spring).
3. Carefully dig out the bush, plant it together with a lump of earth in a new place and pour 10-15 liters of water.

Chubushnik: outdoor care in spring, summer and autumn

The shrub is quite unpretentious to care for, drought-resistant and hardy to unfavorable external factors.

However, to get the maximum decorative effect, garden jasmine must be properly cared for.

Watering

Moisture is of great importance for a chubushnik. With its lack, the bush may not bloom. Water your garden jasmine regularly, especially in hot and dry weather, to prevent the leaves from drooping (loss of turgor).

The maximum demand for moisture is from April to July, when the bush is actively growing, preparing for flowering and blooming. During this time, water approximately every 7-12 days with 15-30 liters of water.

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In the spring, before flowering, it is advisable to spray the shrub with warm and soft water. For young plants, it is useful to add growth stimulants to the water ("Zircon", "Epin Extra" and others).

After the first watering in the spring, mulch the near-stem circle with a 3-4 cm layer of peat to retain moisture in the soil.

Loosening the soil

During the spring - summer, it is necessary to loosen the ground 2-4 times by 4-6 cm in depth. Also remove weeds in a timely manner - they take away macro- and microelements from the chubushnik.

Top dressing and fertilizers

For the first two years after planting, there is no need to feed the chubushnik with mineral fertilizers. Garden jasmine needs additional nutrients for abundant and lush flowering.

1. In early April (before the leaves bloom), dissolve 15 grams of carbamide (urea), 15 grams of potassium sulfate and 30 grams of superphosphate in 10 liters of water and pour over the bush. Or pour the plant with mullein infusion - 1:10.
2. After 3-4 weeks (beginning - mid-May), repeat the feeding.
3. Immediately after flowering, scatter 20-25 g of superphosphate (1 tbsp. Spoon) and 10-15 g of potassium sulfate per 1 m2 over the surface of the earth.

2nd option

1. Before flowering (late April - early May), scatter two tablespoons of nitrophoska and a glass of wood ash over the surface.
2. During flowering and immediately after it, pour the solution: for 10 liters of water 20-25 grams of superphosphate (1 tbsp. Spoon) and 10-15 grams of potassium.

Tips

Instead of mineral fertilizers during and after flowering, wood ash can be used.To do this, pour a glass of ash with 10 liters of water and leave for two days, and then pour the shrub into the trunk circle.

Bloom

Garden jasmine is most attractive when fragrant flowers open up. It is for its pleasant, sweetish and powerful aroma that most flower growers love it.

The smell of chubushnik has a beneficial effect on the human psyche and raises the mood. The plant usually blooms in the 3rd year after planting.

Blossoming time of the chubushnik

The flowering period of garden jasmine depends on its type and variety. In the conditions of the Moscow region, the crown mock-orange and garden forms based on it are the first to bloom: golden (aureus), dwarf and variegated. They bloom almost immediately after common lilac (the beginning of June).

In the first two weeks of June, the small-leaved, thin-leaved mock-orange, Shrenka, blooms. In early - mid-July, odorless, grayish, broad-leaved and fluffy mock-orange begins to bloom (it blooms later than everyone else).

Duration of flowering averages 20-25 days, in a shady place a little longer. Schrenk's mock-orange blooms the longest, and, for example, Gordon's mock-orange is able to bloom a second time in the fall.

Chubushnik "Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya"

Why is the mock-orange not blooming? What to do?

Garden jasmine may not bloom in some situations. The most common reasons: lack of lighting (growing in the shade), lack of moisture or nutrients (watering, feeding), unsuccessful wintering (freezing of annual shoots), over-pruning in the spring or too deep planting.

Perhaps the mock orange does not bloom due to its age, especially if you grew it from seeds (7-8th year) or from cuttings (4-5th year).

Correct pruning of chubushnik: in spring, after flowering, in autumn

Garden jasmine needs annual pruning to form a decorative crown shape, especially vigorous species and varieties. Otherwise, it will thicken with young shoots and grow ugly.

Sanitary pruning in spring

Before the buds awaken (late March - early April), remove weak and damaged shoots growing inside the bush. If you wish, you can shorten some of the strongest branches, but proceed with caution as over-pruning can result in no flowering this year.

Sanitary pruning can be done at any time of the year. The full formation of the crown of the bush will be performed after the mock-orange has faded.

Anti-aging pruning

About once every 2-4 years, it is necessary to rejuvenate the plant. In the early vein at the garden jasmine, cut off all shoots older than 10-12 years old at the very base of the bush ("on a stump").

Due to such pruning, the crown of the garden jasmine will rejuvenate and stimulate powerful flowering and growth. New strong shoots will bloom next summer.

"Refreshing" an old bush

A very old or neglected bush is easier to rejuvenate by cardinal pruning.

1. At the end of April, cut down all the trunks at ground level, and cut 3-4 of the healthiest ones at a height of 35-40 cm. Treat the cuts with garden pitch, and spread a 4-5 cm layer of humus around the bush and dig a little soil (6-8 cm) ...
2. Water the mock-orange regularly and abundantly in the summer. It is also advisable to feed the mullein infusion 1-2 times.
3. In the fall, new shoots from dormant buds will appear, but in the spring you will need to leave 3-4 of the strongest ones, and completely remove the rest. These most developed shoots are the basis of a young shrub.

Formative pruning of chubushnik after flowering

Formative pruning of garden jasmine is best done immediately after flowering (mid-June) so as not to disturb flowering, as it blooms on last year's shoots.

1. First, remove any faded buds. If pruning was not done in the spring or there is a need, then completely remove all weak and damaged branches.
2. Then trim the shoots of the current year to last year's growth (green section of the branch to the lignified part).
   By October, a new growth with lateral shoots will have time to appear on these branches, on which flowers will appear next spring.
   If you want to reduce the height of the bush, then cut off all or the longest shoots below the growth zone.
3. Also prune 4-5 year old shoots growing inside the bush and bare, weakly flowering, to thin it out. And if the bush is very thick, then cut off 20-25% of the old trunks at the base.

Pruning chubushnik in autumn

You cannot prune young shoots of garden jasmine in the fall if you want it to bloom next year. In autumn, if necessary, you can carry out sanitary pruning and thinning of the bush (growing inward and weak shoots).

Preparing for the winter chubushnik

Most varieties of the plant are distinguished by good winter hardiness, especially of domestic selection. Adult chubushnik bushes do not need winter shelter, and it is advisable to mulch specimens up to 2 years old with a 4-5 cm layer of peat or pine needles.

If the tops of annual shoots freeze on an adult garden jasmine in winter, it will still bloom, and with the help of pruning in the spring, it is easy to restore the crown of the bush.

In the conditions of the Moscow region, the Leningrad region, Siberia and the Urals, it is better to plant winter-hardy varieties.

Pests and diseases

Chubushnik is rarely affected by pests or diseases, but it is important to regularly inspect the shrub for their presence.

The most common pests: weevil, mealybug, spider mite, aphid, scale insect and false scale insect... Aphids are especially common on young overgrowth leaves.

Interesting to know

You can make honey from the nectar of the chubushnik. This honey improves sleep, helps relieve fatigue and headaches.

The plant got its name due to the peculiarity of the structure of the stems from which the mouthpieces and stems for the smoking pipe were made.

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We wish you a successful planting, easy care of the chubushnik in the garden, and enjoy its wonderful flowering!

A modest and inconspicuous shrub for most of the year, during the flowering period it turns into a real king of the garden.

Scattered with white delicate inflorescences with a stunning aroma, jasmine invariably attracts the attention of others. At this time, the plant has healing properties - the flowers emit volatile substances and essential oils, the smell of which is able to cheer up, improve well-being, increase concentration, enhance creative and sexual energy. However, in order for the shrub to please with flowering every year, you need to know how to plant and care for garden jasmine correctly.

Preparing for planting garden jasmine

Garden jasmine is an unpretentious, undemanding shrub native to the Mediterranean. He feels good both in a sunny area and in a shaded area. Able to tolerate drought and high humidity, high and low temperatures. Thanks to this, it is grown everywhere in the southern regions, the middle lane, in the Urals and even in Siberia.

However, if he is able to survive in almost any conditions, it will bloom - especially magnificently, beautifully - only under favorable conditions. Therefore, before planting a plant, you need to find out as much information as possible about what jasmine likes and dislikes, how to care for it and how to prepare for planting. It is important to choose not only the place, but the flower itself.

Types of jasmine and the choice of varieties for planting

Often jasmine is confused with mock orange - this plant is similar in appearance and beauty of flowers, and growing conditions, but they still belong to different plants. Garden jasmine has several popular varieties, the rest are their hybrids. To choose the right variety for planting, you need to know the characteristics of each species.

Main varieties:

Small-leaved... A low, compact bush, the growth of which reaches a maximum of a meter.The leaves are curved in shape and, as the name implies, are medium-sized, the flowers are double or semi-double with a pleasant sweetish smell, reminiscent of strawberries. Coronal ordinary... Tall shrub capable of reaching 3 meters. The inflorescences are large, white or creamy, delicate, with a pronounced strong aroma. The leaves are bright, glossy, rich in color, have a golden hue. Fluffy... Plant height reaches 4 meters. The flowers are beautiful, creamy in color, but have practically no aroma - it is weak, delicate. Blooms later than other varieties, the flowering period reaches a month.

Three varieties have served as the basis for the creation of many varieties of garden jasmine. As a result of crossing, the varieties "aetheronos", "glaciers", "alabaster", "airborne assault", "sambacam" and others were born.

Indoor jasmine has been bred, which grows well in pots at home and is dwarf in size. If you need a low-growing specimen for the garden, you should pay attention to the varieties "charm", "dwarf", "gnome", "yunnat", "white bouquet", "moonlight", "ermine mantle". The latter is also popular in that its inflorescences are located along the entire length of the branches, due to which the bush seems to be covered with a white mantle, and flowering lasts up to 8 weeks. Fans of luxurious double flowers should be interested in the varieties "Moonlight", "Arctic", "Komsomolets", "Alabaster", "Snowstorm", "Charm", "Kazbek", "Obelisk", "Fireworks", "Pompom".

Terry jasmine is no more whimsical than its modest single-flowered counterparts, and does not differ in terms of care. But it looks just gorgeous!

When choosing a seedling, carefully study all its external characteristics and optimal growing conditions, so as not to be disappointed in the future with the result.

Landing dates

Jasmine should be planted when the buds have not yet hatched on it, but the soil is already suitable for planting, and the threat of severe frosts has passed or has not yet come. The best time to do this is in the spring and fall. For the middle lane, this is April or October, in other regions it is worth looking at the weather.

You can propagate garden jasmine using cuttings and cuttings throughout the summer, after the end of flowering.

Site preparation on site

The jasmine shrub is unpretentious and can adapt to almost any growing conditions, but for the sake of lush regular flowering, care should be taken to choose the right place for it. It is grown in open ground, with the exception of indoor varieties. The place should be protected from drafts, constant cold gusts of wind will make the shrub less decorative. It grows well in partial shade, but especially lush flowering can be achieved in a bright place where a sufficient amount of sunlight comes in.

Soil - any, but for the beauty of flowering you need a nutritious substrate.

The plant loves moisture, but there should be no stagnation of water in any case. The worst choice would be a permanently shaded place in the lowlands, where the soil is always damp. It is best to plant jasmine on a site on a small elevation, well-lit, and you can also drain the root system.

Selection and preparation of planting material

Seedlings should be purchased in spring or autumn, either in proven stores for gardeners, or from friends, whose planting material you can be sure of. Before buying a plant, you need to carefully examine it, because it is obviously sick, it will nullify all efforts and care, not being able to grow into a beautiful lush bush. The following tips will help you make the right choice:

A bush with an open root system, which has not yet blossomed buds, is suitable for planting. If the process has already begun, or, even more so, leaves have appeared, the plant will almost certainly not take root. If the root system is closed, you can plant it whenever you want. The price of such a bush is usually higher.However, you need to make sure that the seedling actually grew in the container. Its roots should braid a clod of earth and look out into the drainage hole. Otherwise, it may turn out that it has only recently been planted in a pot. Sapling size is not a guarantee of success. The larger the plant, the more powerful its trunks and branches, but also the root system. This means that it was almost certainly more damaged during excavation. In addition, such a plant is accustomed to its place, and it will be more difficult for it to adapt to a new one than a young seedling with roots that are not fully strong. You need to carefully examine the roots and cuttings for diseases and pests. There should be no swelling or damage. The bark needs to be slightly incised - inside it is normally green and white, without dark dead areas, juicy. The branches dry inside are dead. After buying a seedling with an open root system, you need to wrap it with a damp cloth and deliver the tree to the planting site as soon as possible. Before this, it is advisable to place the roots in a container of water for several hours.

When buying a seedling with an open root system, you also need to pay attention to the conditions in which the plant is kept at the point of sale. They should be slightly dug into the ground - only in this case, you can count on the fact that the bush will be healthy and capable. If they are constantly in the air, it harms them, which means that a normal bush is unlikely to grow.

Planting techniques for garden jasmine

Having decided on a place and choosing a suitable seedling, it's time to start planting. You will need a hole about half a meter deep and about the same diameter. You need to judge by the volume of the root system of the seedling - from the walls of the pit to it should be about 10 cm, and the root collar should not be buried more than 3 cm.

Drainage should be poured into the prepared hole - a mixture of sand with small stones or expanded clay. The layer will prevent stagnation of water near the roots. It is recommended to pour 50 g of nitrophosphate into the hole - it will help the plant to take root and get stronger faster.

The optimal composition of the substrate is a mixture of humus and river sand, taken in one part, with two parts of sod land. At the bottom of the prepared hole, on top of the drainage layer, you need to pour a small amount of this substrate, moisten, then place the seedling on top, gently spreading its roots, and fill the hole with the remaining earth. After planting, lightly tamp the soil from above, water abundantly.

You need to plant jasmine correctly. One of the techniques is that the soil surface at the base of the bush is formed in the form of a funnel, with a slight slope towards the stem. This will help the water to stay near the roots during rain and watering, and not spread in all directions.

To accelerate the growth of the root system, the branches of the seedling are shortened, but this may not be done.

If several jasmine bushes are planted, then the distance between them should be at least a meter, for dwarf forms it can be slightly less. Otherwise, they will "choke" each other.

Garden jasmine care

Growing jasmine in the garden does not require any super complicated care. This shrub is unpretentious. Care, like other plants, includes timely watering, weed removal, periodic top dressing and loosening of the soil, pest and disease control. Pruning plays an important role in the care of garden jasmine - molding, sanitary and rejuvenating.

Caring for garden jasmine for decorativeness and better growth also requires periodically thinning the bush, removing diseased or old shoots, or if they are too thickened. Removing faded inflorescences allows you to maintain the decorative appearance of the plant. In this case, the bush will not waste energy on the formation of seeds, but will direct them to the formation of new buds.

Watering frequency

In the middle lane, jasmine usually has enough atmospheric precipitation. However, during dry hot periods, watering will be required.You can determine the need for this by the condition of the soil around the plant - if it is too dry, and by the turgor of the leaves - if they become lethargic, soft to the touch, hang and begin to turn yellow, then watering is urgently needed.

One bush may need up to 30 liters of water. It is better if it is warm and settled.

So that the soil under the bush does not dry out longer, it is recommended to make a mulch layer. Peat, sawdust, compost or humus are suitable for it. The thickness of the mulch is 5-7 cm. Such a layer will also slow down the growth of weeds, protect the soil from the appearance of mold and mildew.

Feeding rules

Fertilizers are an integral part of plant care. You need to feed jasmine several times during the growing season, from spring to autumn. However, this is not necessary in the first year after planting.

Garden jasmine needs both mineral and organic fertilizers. You can purchase a ready-made complex top dressing suitable for ornamental flowering shrubs and fertilize according to the attached scheme. Or you can prepare the desired composition yourself. A liter of water will need 5 g of superphosphate, 2.5 g of urea and the same amount of potassium sulfide. The solution is thoroughly mixed and used to water the plant.

As an organic top dressing, manure or humus is suitable. Both are used diluted with water, since in pure form it can harm the roots. One part of manure will need 15 parts of water. Organic and mineral supplements must be alternated with each other.

It is important to know that overfeeding a plant with mineral fertilizers can harm it even more than a lack of them. And an excess of organic matter will lead to lush foliage growth to the detriment of flowering.

Jasmine bush shaping and rejuvenating pruning

Caring for jasmine in the country includes pruning. Adult bushes of garden jasmine lose their shape, become asymmetrical. This is due to the fact that young and old branches grow at different rates. This is also influenced by the conditions: maybe one half gets brighter rays of the sun, and the other is in the shade. Also, every year, part of the branches dies, dries up. Therefore, the plant needs annual molding pruning.

Jasmine is pruned before the growing season, in the spring. It is necessary to shorten too long branches, diseased, withered, old ones must be removed completely. Weak ones should be made half as long. This will cause active growth of young shoots, and the plant will quickly acquire a beautiful appearance.

Over the years, the jasmine shrub grows older and grows, the bare branches spoil the view and interfere with the development of young shoots. Flowering becomes less abundant. Therefore, periodically, every few years, you need to carry out anti-aging pruning.

Rejuvenating pruning of jasmine, like molding, is carried out in the spring, before the buds bloom. Four to five good, healthy stems should be shortened to 50 cm, and the rest should be cut at the root. Treat the slices with a special compound or garden varnish so that a fungal disease does not start.

When the buds begin to wake up on the trimmed "stumps", you need to leave on each of the 2-3 most healthy-looking ones, remove the rest. From the rest, new shoots will grow, which will form the basis of the renewed bush.

With such a "hard" pruning, the bush will grow completely in a year, and will be able to please with lush flowering in about three years.

Preparation for wintering

Adult garden jasmine is resistant to low temperatures and winters well without any preparation. Young bushes are more sensitive, and therefore they need to be prepared for the cold:

At the end of autumn, after the leaves have fallen, but before the snow falls, they dig up the soil around the plant. This must be done carefully so as not to accidentally touch its roots. Digging will destroy the roots of the weeds and oxygenate the soil. After that, you need to cover the ground with a mulching layer - compost, manure, pine needles. This will protect the delicate root system of the young plant from frost.The plant itself must be carefully wrapped in a light covering material and tied with a rope. It is better to cover an adult plant if it is grown in Siberian conditions with very cold winters.

Disease and pest control

Garden jasmine lovers often include aphids, leaf weevils and spider mites as food. Aphids mainly feed on young leaves, weevils drink plant sap. These two are well-visible creatures, but the spider mite is a pest that is practically invisible to the naked eye, which also feeds on juices from the leaves. One can suspect its presence by the fact that the leaves turn yellow, dry, curl up into a tube, and a thin cobweb appears on different parts of the plant.

While individual twigs and leaves are affected, they can be removed and destroyed along with the pests. Treatment of the plant with a saturated solution of laundry soap also helps. With extensive damage to the bush, you need to use insecticidal preparations. Periodic hot showers serve as pest prevention. The shoots should be doused with water at a temperature of 40-45 ° C.

In terms of diseases, jasmine is persistent and rarely affected. Sometimes a plant can get sick due to a lack of nutrients. Lack of magnesium and iron causes chlorosis - a disease in which the bush grows slowly, blooms little, and the leaves turn yellow. It is treated by introducing missing substances into the soil. For prevention, it is recommended to use mineral complex fertilizers.

With proper care, the plant is more resistant and less susceptible to disease and pests. Therefore, timely pruning, regular watering and feeding is the best prevention.

Reproduction

The propagation of garden jasmine is carried out in different ways, starting with seed. It is the longest and most time consuming, because from the moment of planting to an adult capable of blooming a plant takes 7-8 years. At the same time, the bushes grown in this way are the most resistant to diseases, pests and various kinds of negative influences. Jasmine seeds are sown on prepared soil in late autumn - early winter, before the onset of severe frosts, but at a time when there is already snow. If it is not enough, they are specially laid on the beds on top of the seeds. The snow pad should be 15 cm thick.

The seeds are placed on the prepared soil, then covered with spruce and snow. The process of wintering seeds at subzero temperatures is called stratification. After that, their germination and resistance increase. In the spring, when the snow begins to melt, it will saturate the soil with moisture, which will "pull" the seeds behind it. With the beginning of the growing season, young shoots will appear.

Seeds are also often used to grow jasmine in the home. In this case, an adult flowering plant grows much faster than in a garden.

Much easier, more reliable and faster, jasmine propagates by cuttings. Young shoots are harvested in early summer. They should be flexible - do not break when bent into a ring. Cuttings are cut obliquely in the morning, when there is enough moisture in the branches. To reduce the evaporation of water, the lower leaves on the handle must be cut off, and the upper ones must be shortened in half.

To speed up the process of root formation, it is recommended to keep the cuttings in a solution of a special preparation for about a day, and then plant them in a greenhouse, deepening them by a few centimeters. If there is no greenhouse, the greenhouse can be built from improvised means - for example, cover the cuttings with cut bottles.

The first 2-3 days, the bottles cannot be removed, and then you will need to ventilate daily. Spray and water regularly to maintain high humidity, but do not turn the soil into a swamp. During this period, the cuttings should receive enough light, but they should not be placed in direct sunlight. A root system should form in two weeks.

Cuttings for propagation of jasmine can be taken in the fall.Cut twigs 15 cm long should be folded into a box, sprinkled with clean sand, and then sent to a cool place for the winter. In the spring, before the buds appear, they are placed in the garden bed, rooting in the same way as young cuttings. By the fall, the plant should be strong enough.

A somewhat more complex, but giving a better result, method is propagation by layering. It is held in the summer. For this, young shoots growing around the mother bush are suitable. Such a shoot is pulled with a wire under its lower bud. This action stimulates root formation. Then the shoot bends down to the ground itself, to the prepared small hole, is fixed with a wire and sprinkled with soil.

In the place where the future bush set aside for planting comes into contact with the soil, roots should appear. This happens within a month. Soon, new shoots appear around the rooted cuttings. For better development of the root system, they are huddled several times over the summer. By autumn, a young bush is usually strong enough to exist on its own. It needs to be cut off from the mother plant, dug up and planted in a new place.

A sure way to quickly get a full, flowering plant is to plant the jasmine by dividing the root system.

The method is good for low-growing bushes, but clearly not suitable for plants with a height of 2-4 m. The bush must be dug up and divided into two or more parts, so that each such part has young growth. This is done with a garden pruner in the fall (usually October), when the plant is preparing for a dormant period. Then the "dealers" are seated in new places.

Application in landscape design

Jasmine is a real decoration of any garden. It is good on its own and goes well with other flowering plants, especially in contrasting colors. Looks good and gets along with lilacs, hydrangea, weigela, honeysuckle.

Tall plants are usually planted alone, medium-sized plants can be used as a hedge, combining different varieties with each other or combining with other shrubs, for example, the same lilac.

Pergolas are decorated with dwarf bushes, they are also planted next to terraces, verandas, they are used in the design of alpine slides and rockeries, as well as curbs.

Jasmine is good at pruning. Thanks to this feature, it can be given a varied shape, playing up the most incredible design solutions. Along with lilacs and honeysuckle, it was once a sign of a wealthy estate. It will be interesting to design your summer cottage in this style.

Jasmine is suitable as a "background" for a bright flower garden. Next to it, you can grow spectacular peonies, phloxes, any other plants whose flowering period coincides with jasmine.

The main thing is to remember that only a healthy, well-groomed, flowering plant will become an excellent decoration of the garden. Therefore, the correct planting and care of garden jasmine is the most important condition for its beauty.

You need to carefully monitor it and not neglect pruning and feeding. In this case, the magnificent handsome man will fit into almost any landscape.

Jasmine is an unpretentious shrub, but it makes you fall in love at first sight with its lush color and wonderful aroma. He will bring a piece of romance and magic to any site. Its aroma is famous for its beneficial properties that can heal the soul and body. At the same time, the plant requires a minimum of care and attention. And, of course, a little love of their masters. Then jasmine will delight every spring and summer.