My three lovely daughters have given me a beautiful, healthy flowering
jasmine for Mother's Day. But we have no conservatory, or even a
greenhouse ((

The consensus of opinion on URG a few years back seemed to be that
jasmines need lots of light and hate central heating. I would not have
bought one myself, but I would so hate to disappoint the girls and have
it expire! Might it survive until, say, May, by which time it ought to
be able to go outside?

Any suggestions would be most appreciated!

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Klara, Gatwick basin

klara King wrote in
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My three lovely daughters have given me a beautiful, healthy flowering
jasmine for Mother's Day. But we have no conservatory, or even a
greenhouse ((

The consensus of opinion on URG a few years back seemed to be that
jasmines need lots of light and hate central heating. I would not have
bought one myself, but I would so hate to disappoint the girls and have
it expire! Might it survive until, say, May, by which time it ought to
be able to go outside?

Do you have a south-facing sheltered wall? If so, it should survive
outside there if planted out later this year unless it gets really
specially cold. I took one off the wall of this house when we moved it: it
was a massive thing and really took some moving!

In the meanwhile, do you have a porch window sill or a window that doesn't
have a radiator right underneath it? I think it should do fine there for a
few months.

Victoria
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gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
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