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Old 25-01-2006, 08:26 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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solaara wrote:

I have been given a winter Jasmine in a pot...I want to put it in the
garden..How can I get more blooms on it?..(I had one before with more
greenery than blooms)


Pray. Move south or west.

Winter jasmine (J. nudiflorum) is pretty hardy, but its flowers are
very prone to frost damage. Here in Cambridge, it grows well outside,
but I get a decent number of flowers only one year in three. However,
I di get a good crop of buds most years.

My guess is that it will set buds better when in the garden, but you
may not see huge numbers of flowers. Remember that it flowers on
the long shoots off old wood better than it does on ones from its
base, so cutting it back hard reduces flowering.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.