Can you imagine the wonderful smell of jasmine scenting your home? Not to mention how beautiful it would look!
Jasmine is easy to grow indoors so long as you don’t overheat your home or allow the soil to dry out. Try to keep temperatures below 65 degrees F while the buds are developing. Perhaps you have a room you don’t heat, or a particularly cool bathroom to keep the jasmine during that time. Jasmine likes bright, filtered light, so a lot of bathrooms are perfect, especially since they like things a little on the humid side.
Feed your Jasmine once a month during spring and summer with half strength liquid fertilizer that is low in nitrogen. Or, if you prefer, give it slow release fertilizer in early Spring and forget about fertilizing all together.
If your Jasmine needs a haircut, trim it back immediately after blooming. If you wait too long, you risk cutting off the buds that will turn into next season’s flowers.
Don’t forget that while Jasmine is not toxic to kitties, it is to dogs. Even if you are a better housekeeper than Martha Stewart, flowers and leaves will fall to the ground before you have a chance to clean them up. But your pup will find those leaves ASAP.
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Hmm… I might have to get me one of those. I never heat my house to 65 degrees!
Joseph–Brrrr. You must be my husband’s long lost twin. He likes things frosty too!
Mary–Your bathroom sounds like a good spot!
I would love to have a Jasmine plant. Although I have never seen one in any nursery or anywhere, up here. I wonder if you can grow it from seed ?
Melanie–The link in the beginning of this post is to a mailorder nursery that ships Jasmines. They’re a highly regarded nursery, but they can be kind of expensive. I bet if you googled a bit, you could find a less expensive mailorder option.
oh this would probably work in my bathroom with the skylight!
I have bought three jasmines over the last few years and killed all three in a matter of weeks, regardless of indoor conditions. (They are often available at Trader Joe’s in my area.) I finally gave up and grew it in a pot on the patio for several months, bringing it for special occasions. It was the only way we could get along. I love jasmine but it apparently doesn’t love me.
Shari–Hmm. I wonder if it doesn’t get cold enough in your house?
What a cool idea! I too don’t heat higher than 65 and the bathroom has one of those privacy block windows which lets in lots of light (and cold, ugh)…I bookmarked this as something to try when I get a chance
How do you know when the jasmine will bloom. I’ve brought mine in – hoping it will do fine in the house. And now there’s all these tiny, what hopefully will be, blooms. I’m hoping it’s not spent blooms from last time. And how often in a year will the Jasmine bloom?
Chris–Jasmine blooms in either Spring or Summer, depending on the species. Look for small unopened flower buds. When you see those, blooming will follow shortly.
Hey Fern! I absolutely adore your website and especially the feature on growing Jasmine. I live in a condo so I don’t have the open space of a lawn or garden so I would like to grow Jasmine indoors. I live in Alberta so the winters can be rather brutal to plants but the summers are lovely. Could you maybe help me with some specifics? Do you grow Jasmine from seeds? What size and sort of pot should I use and how much soil? If you could help with any of those questions I would really appreciate it. Again I love your site!
Daria–I would start with a plant from the nursery, not from seed. Jasmine will flower in a relatively small pot, but the size of the pot will dictate the size of the plant (small pot, small plant). I would start off with a pot in the 12 inch range. Use good quality potting mix and fill the pot to about an inche below the edge of the pot. Hope that info helps!
What is the reason for my one day old bloomed Jasimne flower to fall off? The flower is still very fragrant but I can’t enjoy it more than a day. Please help.
Please help! I’ve been a jasmine lover for awhile. A co-worker brought some in today for me-roots and all. Its currently in a plastic bag with damp papertowels aroung the roots until I get home. I live in Houston, TX. Houston + summer = BRUTAL HEAT! Even if I left the a/c on at home all day, my apartment wouldn’t cool down to 65 degrees. Am I destined to be jasmine-less or is there a way I can still grow it where I am? I really don’t want to give up on having it in my home, but I don’t know what to do. Outside, its anywhere from 95-102 degrees each day until around 7pm.
Jasmine is a tropical plant. Keeping temps below 65 degrees is non-sense, especially for the true varieties. I live in south florida and my plant in the ground produce the most flowers in summer when the temp is well over 80. I question whether the person who wrote this article even has any experience growing jasmine. They may need quite a bit of direct light to do well.
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