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Spring jasmine is a nice plant that you can use to cover walls or walls, either by planting it directly in the ground or in a pot. Its yellow flowers will welcome spring every year, and effortlessly.
In any case, each plant has its own preferences that should be known so that problems do not arise later. So let's see what are those of this interesting plant.
How is it?
Our protagonist is a plant native to China known by the common names yellow jasmine, spring jasmine or primrose jasmine. Its scientific name is Jasminum mesnyi y it is characterized by being a supportive shrub that develops arched branches and that, over time, is acquiring a disorderly bearing. Its leaves, alternate and trifoliate, can be perennial or deciduous depending on the climate.
Towards the end of winter and until the beginning of summer some very beautiful flowers bloom yellow in color that measure about 3 centimeters. Once they are pollinated, the fruit begins to mature, which will measure from 7 to 9mm and will be black.
What are their cares?
Image - Wikimedia / Forest & Kim Starr
If you want to get a copy, we recommend providing the following care:
- Location: outdoors, in full sun or in semi-shade.
- Soil or substrate: he is indifferent. It can grow well in the vast majority of substrates / soils.
- Irrigation: 2-3 times a week in summer, and every 5 days the rest of the year.
- Subscriber: during the warm months you can pay with a universal fertilizer like this one from No products found. following the indications specified on the product packaging.
- Pruning: after flowering, dry, diseased or weak stems must be removed.
- Multiplication: by cuttings of semi-hard wood with leaves in late summer, and by suckers in spring.
- Rusticity: resists cold and frost down to -5ºC.
What did you think of the spring jasmine? Did you know him?