Arabian jasmine grows best with full to part sun, regular watering, and moist, well-drained soil.
Here’s how to grow it in your garden.
Arabian Jasmine Care
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Plants brought indoors for winter should be kept in a very sunny window or beneath a grow light.
Soil
Use a loose, loamy soil that drains well while holding moisture for Arabian jasmine.
Amend planting beds with compost before planting to add nutrients and increase moisture retention.
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Ensure that the potting mix used for container plantings contains plenty of perlite for drainage.
Water
Water Arabian jasmine regularly to keep its soil evenly moist but not soggy.
Water container plantings when the top few inches of soil have dried out.
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Cut back on watering in winter.
The plant is winter hardy in USDA zones 9-11.
Because plants are susceptible to frost damage, they must be brought indoors before winter in temperate climates.
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Fertilizer
Begin fertilizing Arabian jasmine with a balanced fertilizer in late winter or early spring.
Feed the plant monthly through summer, the stop fertilizing in fall.
Remove any dead or damaged vines.
Propagating Arabian Jasmine
Arabian jasmine is easy to propagate by taking stem cuttings.
Use a pot with plenty of drainage holes and a moist, well-drained potting mix.
Use leaves, straw, salt hay, or another insulating organic material around the base of the plant.
Watch out for signs of plant diseases like root rot and leaf spot.
Annual pruning to thin vines and keeping the leaves dry during watering can help prevent these diseases.
In tropical climates, the plant may bloom multiple times throughout the year.
What Do Arabian Jasmine Flowers Look and Smell Like?
Their powerful fragrance is fruity and sweet with hints of vanilla.
In zones 9-11, plants may be grown in ground or in containers.
Arabian jasmine is just one ofseveral species of true jasmine, or plants in theJasminumgenus.
Arabian jasmine is one species in the genus of true jasmine (Jasminum).
Jasmines, a Diversity of Plants With Fragrant Flowers.Florida Department of Agriculture.
