Indoor jasmine plant

Stephanotis, so in Latin sounds houseplant jasmine. From time immemorial, the Oriental peoples revered it as a symbol of passionate love. He has a charming aroma and magnificent flowers, so he is often called the "Queen of the Night". Medicinal jasmine is a curling liana with pinnate leaves, flowers, usually white shade and lignified stems. Jasmine flowers are collected in inflorescences of 5 or 6 small (up to 2, 5 centimeters in diameter), rather fragrant flowers. The plant begins to blossom when it reaches adulthood, but if it blooms, then its aroma can be enjoyed throughout the summer months.

Jasmine "Holotvetkovy" is also a liana, and also with feathery leaves. With its lignified stems, the plant looks like jasmine medicinal. The flowers in the buds of jasmine are pink, and the blossoms have a white hue. They are collected in inflorescences of almost 20 pieces. This kind of jasmine blooms young and blossoms, mostly in the spring.

Another type of jasmine is Sambak. It is a liana with woody stems, with a pubescent surface. Sometimes you can find a "climbing" jasmine shrub. This species of jasmine has bare leaves, slightly pubescent, the shape of which is opposite oval or ovate. Flowers gather in the inflorescence of 3 or 5 large fragrant flowers, mostly white.

As for the jasmine "Primrose", then it has stems spread on the ground. They are often tied to supports. This plant has elongated leaves with pointed ends of a dark green color, located mainly in groups of three leaves. His flowers do not smell, their color is yellowish. The plant blooms in the spring and in the summer months.

The jasmine plant came to us from Japan, China and Madagascar. He has thin stems resembling whips. They must be tied up. On the stems grow complex leaves, consisting of several leaves, located separately.

In room jasmine flowers are small, they grow in groups of several pieces. Their color is yellow and white. Now there are varieties with double flowers.

I must say that the adult blossomed plant produces a stronger flavor at night, than in the daytime. And he can even get a headache. That is why, when jasmine blossoms, it is best to keep it in a ventilated room or in the open air: on the veranda, balcony.

Room jasmine - a plant that is absolutely not exacting to the soil. He well tolerates any land, which is based on turf land. Jasmine does not care how long the light-day continues, he has perfectly adapted to the confident type of climate. The only thing when it should get a lot of light, it's in the period of its vegetation. Then he needs about three hours a day to hit direct sunlight.

Jasmine needs a high temperature in summer - about 25 degrees. In the winter months, it should not fall below 8. In summer, jasmine should often be sprayed with cold water, because it likes moisture, and in winter it can be sprayed only once every four days. This water-loving plant should be watered often and abundantly throughout the year. He must always have a slightly moist soil in the pot.

In the spring of jasmine, new shoots must be cut, this will promote its rapid flowering and abundance of flowering.

Jasmine room: care (useful advices)

Location

This houseplant should be kept in a room where there is a lot of light and the temperature does not drop below 18 degrees in the summer, in winter it is below 13. There should be no drafts in the room.

Watering and sprinkling

In the spring and summer it should be watered abundantly. Soil, as mentioned above, should always be slightly moistened. In winter it can be watered less often. Jasmine does not like it when water is too much and the land also suffers drought with difficulty. Water for jasmine watering should be necessarily soft and not cold. This applies to both summer and winter months. You can take a boiled rainwater or a filtered tap. In summer and in spring months, the plant should often be sprayed. In winter, with moderate watering, do not allow the earthen mass to dry out in the pot.

Lighting

For abundant flowering and normal development, the plant needs a lot of light. It is very photophile. But it must be safely protected from direct sunlight in the hot summer hours of the midday heat. Jasmine will perfectly grow and blossom on the windowsills of the eastern windows without a shadow.

Temperature conditions

In summer, jasmine needs a normal temperature. In the winter, it should not be below minus 6. Jasmine "Sambak" carries the winter temperature of 18 degrees maximum and minus 16 minimum. If the temperature exceeds 22 degrees Celsius, jasmine requires a higher level of humidity.

The soil. Transfer

Plants that do not reach the adult state are transplanted every year. Formed adult plants are planted in a new pot after a couple of years or every three years. The soil is prepared from a mixture of leaf land, sand, peat and turf. All take in the same parts. It is advisable to replant room jasmine until the end of March. For transplanting this plant, take clay-sod soil, sand and a part of the leaf earth.

Fertilizers. Feeding jasmine

The plant needs to be fed in the period of vegetation with mineral fertilizers and organic once, about ten days. From April to August, liquid potash is poured into the ground once every seven days. This is exactly the time when plants are actively growing.

Reproduction

Jasmine is propagated by cuttings or cuttings in summer and in spring. As cuttings are good side shoots, which turned a year. Plants that are obtained from such cuttings, earlier start to actively bloom.

Difficulties in growing

If the jasmine is not properly contained, then thrips and scutes can hit it.

Stephanotis does not tolerate a change of place when forming buds, so it's good to apply a light tag to a flower pot.

Buds can begin to fall off, if the plant is not enough water, the room constantly shines and the temperature fluctuates.

Flowering can be delayed due to low light and temperature fluctuations.

Undisclosed buds can fade and fall off due to insufficient watering.

The leaves may turn yellow due to the hardness of the water for irrigation and insufficient illumination.