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!
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 ?
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?
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.
Joseph–Brrrr. You must be my husband’s long lost twin. He likes things frosty too!
Mary–Your bathroom sounds like a good spot!
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