Real jasmine is not well suited for hedges
There are several reasons why real jasmine is not well suited for designing hedges:
- Jasmine is not hardy
- Jasmine doesn't get dense enough
- Jasmine needs to be dug up in winter
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The perennial jasmine is deciduous. It loses its leaves in autumn. Even if you have him overwinter outside could, the jasmine would not form an opaque hedge in winter.
Create a summer hedge out of jasmine
There is, however, a good alternative, how you can grow a hedge made of real jasmine for the terrace or balcony in summer. Put several for this Climbing plants in tubs and attach trellises. Offshoot get through the Propagation via cuttings.
Set up the tubs to delimit the terrace or along the balcony railing.
If you cut back the jasmine in the spring, it will branch well and become quite dense. During the flowering period you can enjoy the intense scent when you spend the evenings on the terrace.
Real jasmine must be overwintered frost-free
As soon as the frost sets in, the glory of a hedge of real jasmine is over. The buckets have to migrate to their winter quarters before the temperatures drop below zero.
Perennial jasmine does not survive frost, not even with good winter protection. An exception is Jasminum nudiflorum, which is partially hardy. However, it also blooms in winter and spring and is therefore no longer as decorative in summer.
Jasmine in the bucket overwinter in a frost-free place where the temperatures must not exceed ten degrees. If the container plant is too warm, it will not bloom in the following year.
Tips
If you see thick jasmine hedges in this country, it is all about False jasmine or scented jasmine. These varieties belong to the pipe bushes and are hardy. They are also summer green and shed all of their leaves in autumn.
