growing Arabian Jasmine and Mandevilla indoors
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Comments (8)Hm maybe I just wasn't able to detect the scent on the humile or azoricum, I know I definitely couldn't smell much with the azoricum when I saw it in a conservatory/greenhouse area. The only one which I remember smelling was the grandiflorum de grasse, tried the standard sambac, and whilst it was fragrant, nothing like as strong as the grandiflorum and I think the grandiflorum actually smelt better. The trachelospermums some people love, some people hate, personally I think they're fantastic for the UK, a hardy jasmine that flowers profusely around here....See MoreMy jasmine - does it want a divorce or what???
Comments (7)Hmmm, I'm guessing the relationship started to sour in the fall? You've correctly surmised that changing conditions probably put it into shock a bit, but even aside from that, you can't expect j. sambac to do that much during the dead of winter up north, indoors, unless it's in total full sun, day temps up near 80, and humidity like Alabama in August. Otherwise, it tends to sulk and not grow much. The problem here is that many growers keep watering like it's still summer, or react to the slow growth and leaf drop by giving it more water (not accusing you, mersiepoo, just talking generally here), and if it's cold and wet at night, it starts to get root damage. The combination of lower light, temps and humidity and wet roots is enough to make anyone resentful, not just those afflicted by SAD. If the stems are still green, then you can save the marriage with therapy: keep it barely moist, not wet, for a few more weeks and see if you can get some new growth to stay with you. Then gradually up the watering as day length increases, and with luck your Maid O' Orleans will be merry again by Mother's Day. If it's still not happy with your domestic arrangements in a few weeks, it's time to gently ease it out of the pot when the soil's dry and inspect the rootball for brown, soggy, rotten roots. Trim them off, dust with cinnamon (an anti-fungal trick learned from the orchid growers), and repot with fresh mix. If it all goes bad, just remember, it was never meant to be between the two of you, and there's plenty more jasmines out there waiting . . . . By all means drink heavily and get a gardenia, too -- just make sure it's coffee or tea so you can pour the leftovers onto the gardenia! Good luck! Jim...See MoreMandevilla laxa Chilean jasmine
Comments (2)It's listed as zones 8-11 so no way it would be hardy here. But you could grow it in a large pot and overwinter it indoors. I grow the regular pink mandevilla in a big pot on the deck, and just before frost I whack it back to a 6" stub and store it in the basement for the winter. It gets some light via a north facing window so it eventually puts out about 18 inches of growth before I put it back outside in mid-May. Larry...See Moremandevilla vine
Comments (18)I live in Zone 8. Last year, I decided after doing the pot shuffle for 3 years to do an experiment and put the Mandevilla outdoors permanently. I covered the roots with about 3" of bark mulch and another 3" of straw, making sure to keep clear of the stalk to prevent pooling, freezing, and rot. I also cut it down to about 1' (I felt really bad about this) Here are the results: Expected: The leaves dropped. Some stems died. Unexpected: The plant came back and was bigger than ever - easily double the potted size. Well, I guess that shouldn't be that much of a surprise now that I think about it... Still, it lived. Point being is that in some of the warmer(ish) climates, you can keep the plant going by giving a bit of warmth to the roots and it will come back. You DO need to protect it from drying cold winds - no different than Confederate (Star) Jasmine, of the same family. You DO need to water it before cold dry spells You DO need to protect the roots with a good degree of mulch. You WILL lose your leaves and possibly some stems, guaranteed, but no big deal. I've done the same for this year, and we've had freezes in the twenties and teens for the last 2 weeks now (quite early for here). I went to check on it today and surprisingly, the majority of the leaves are still intact! Seeing that prompted me to do the search for "Mandevilla Northern Temps Winter Kill"and came across this particular thread. Would be curious to hear experiment results from others....See Morebeckysharp Reinstate SW Unconditionally
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