Best scented plants of my British garden: the Jasmine Jasminum officinale Inverleith outdoor in UK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.พ. 2025
- Jasminum officinale Inverleith is a very famous cultivar of the Common Jasmine, definitely one of the best scented plants I have in the garden, with a gorgeous sweet and citrus scent in the evening, even if not strong and overpowering as its relative the pink jasmine, Jasminum polyanthum. A very vigorous climber reaching up to 8 metres in height and spread, needs to be monitored closely in order to avoid getting invaded by this wonderfully fragrant plant (actually I would not mind, if it was not for my other fragrant plants being overtaken). It thrives in full sun and well drained soil, ideally in a sheltered spot, and it is hardy to USDA zone 7 therefore throughout most of the UK. I hope that you enjoyed the video, and if you liked it and you would like to support my TH-cam garden channel and have regular updates, it would be great if you would subscribe to my channel by clicking on the button "subscribe". Also, any comments, positive or negative, is very welcome as well as any of your enquiries, to which I will try to respond as soon as possible. Thanks for watching and I hope to see you in my next video.
HM I've got one with a huge thick trunk in the garden , I've just moved to this house this year. But It never bloomed, lots of leaves and zero flowers. Do you do anything special ie fertiliser for it to bloom? Or could it be an autumn blooming variety? It was fully pruned to the trunk when I moved in winter, but quickly grown this summer without flowers:(
sometimes jasmines need some time after moving and pruning to bloom again. I don't add much fertiliser but this species loves full sun or at least partial sun, so if it is in shade, it is not likely to bloom. Usually Jasminum officinale blooms in summer, but of course I think it worth waiting a few more weeks, maybe you have a plant blooming later this year as it is still recovering from the moving and from the pruning. It is recommended to prune jasmines after blooming, not before blooming
How do you protect them in winter ?
I do not protect Jasminum officinale in winter, because it is hardy in Kent, a county in South-East England, where I live, so it is outside all year round, it is indeed planted in the ground, and I never had any problems, it tolerates snow and temperature down to minus 7 degrees Celsius, as experienced last winter here for about a week; I believe that Jasminum officinale is hardy in most of the UK. My tender jasmines, e.g. sambac, are in a polytunnel at the moment, but I will bring them indoors later in the year, unless I would be able to install a heating system in the polytunnel in order to keep the environment frost-free
@@plantreviewsuk1204 thank you very much for your tips.I live in Belgium which has almost similar temperatures to UK. So let me try planting them outside and protect them with mulch n stem covering during frost.Hopefully they survive and bloom beautifully like yours.
@@seesak I wish you the best of luck, among fragrant jasmines, Jasminum officinale is definitely the hardiest of them all, I am pretty sure will be fine in Belgium. Other hardy jasmines are Jasminum humile (the variety "Revolutum" has very nice yellow flowers, lightly fragrant), Jasminum x stephanense (lightly scented pinkish flowers), Jasminum beesianum (non fragrant and a bit invasive, with pink-reddish flowers) and Jasminum nudiflorum (this last one blooms in winter, with non-scented, yellow flowers). If you like fragrance, Trachelospermum jasminoides, the star jasmine (also called confederate jasmine), is a beautifully scented climber: it is not a true jasmine but it is very similar in appearance (this is the reason why is commonly known as star jasmine), and it is hardy in USDA zone 7b and up, so can be grown outdoors in some areas of Belgium
@@plantreviewsuk1204 thank u very much..Will definitely update you next year on the plants growth.Well noted the other types of Jasmine as well.
@@seesak great, thanks very much and looking forward to hear updates from your plants!!!