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Common Jasmine is not fully hardy and it is common to grow inside during the Winter if a frost-free place outside cannot be afforded. During the Summer place outside in full sun. Repot in Spring every two or three years as new growth extends.

 


Description: Winter Jasmine is a deciduous shrub native to China with slender arching green shoots which fan out to form a finely branched cushion.

Water Jasmine - Wrightia religiosa
by Jerry Meislik
On a visit to Malaysia in 1989 we observed many and varied tropical materials used for bonsai including ficus, citrus, juniper, and Fukien tea.

JASMINE:
Jasminum parkeri
Orange, Murraea paniculata
Confederate Star, Trachelospermum jasminoides ...

Winter Jasmine likes full sun or partial shade and is hardy.
It tolerates hard pruning and should be pruned in spring immediately after flowering, regular pruning will help to prevent bare patches.
It can be propagated using the layering technique.

Orange Jasmine is another exotic bonsai choice that will provide both beauty to the eye and delight to the nose. Their fragrant, white blossoms are accompanied by bright red fruit.

The Winter Jasmine Bonsai (jasminum nudiflorum) is native to China, with its bright, glossy leaves and the inch-long yellow blooms that appear at the tips of the stems before the leaves follow.
Evergreen Bonsai Trees ...

The flowering shrubs such as azalea, enkianthus, rose, quince and jasmine, or fringe-tree and crabapple, contrary to the preceding, should not be pinched even lightly.

They include Satsuki Azalea, Cotoneaster, Winter Jasmine, Crab Apple, Flowering Cherry, Wisteria, Serissa, Firethorn, Deciduous Holly, Quince, White and Red Hawthorn, Japanese Flowering Apricot and Pomegranate.

Hosts: Conifers, Cypress, Ficus, Black Olive, Maple, Orange Jasmine
Management: drench bark surfaces with Lindane or Dursban. Spray anytime from March to early July every 4-6 weeks. Destroy infested branches.

Recommended Species: Plants that are well adapted to the cascade and semicascade styles are prostrate junipers, and flowering plants such as chrysanthemums, wisteria, willows, and star jasmine.
Windswept
Fukinagashi ...

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