Re(2): Jasmines
theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
>Barry.
>I tend toclass J polyanthum as a beautiful but pestilential weed. With
>our mild winters here it never seems to stop growing and any shoot that
>lays on the ground will root down in several places. A neighbour once
>planted it on my boundry and I have ebeen trying to discourage it from
>invading my garden ever since. I should say it is dixtinctly
>drought-resistant, and able to take light frost after the first year. if
>it does get its flowers frosted it soon produces a new crop.
Interesting. I dont think i've ever seen it got that wild here. Perhaps
because most people keep it where it tends to stay dry, and the shoots
dont get a chance to root? Anyway, with my plant, i keep the lower shoots
trimmed because they just stick out and then get trampled. I grow it right
between our porch (it's basically a cement slab), and the drive way, so it
has about a foot of soil between the porch and the drive way to grow in
>
>A jasmine quite popular here and less rampant than this is J. azoricum.
>This has large pure white sweetly-scented flowers in spring and summer.
>it will climb if supported by netting or grow up into a tree. Light
>pruning and shaping can be done in autumn, but is best left till after
>frost in colder places. It will grow in sun or part-shade.
About how large are the flowers? Hmm......might be a good candidate to
grow in all the smaller dead Monterey Pines that people have (P. radiata).
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