PlantFiles: Sacred Jasmine, Pikake, Asiatic Jasmine
Jasminum sambac 'Maid of Orleans'

I bought a potted Asiatic Jasmine about 5 years ago. Always kept it indoors and never took it outside. It grew and flowered like crazy for 3 years!! I love the smell of the flowers. It flowers year around but much more in the summer. A couple of years ago I got too greedy and added some of those plant food sticks (Possibly the wrong kind) hoping to get more flowers! I got the opposite effect. It had not flowered much since. Still grows GREAT and looks very HEALTHY but very minimal flowering. I transferred to a bigger pot and shook off most of the old soil last summer but to no avail. Still grows very well but now flowering! Can someone help me??

Thank you!

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A friend of mine said that this vine is the official flower of the Philippine. I've this vine growing in pots, and overwintered indoors. Beautiful fragrant. Easy care.

We love to grow this as a shrub or as a climber needing support all the way. Though it blooms for a short period once or twice in the year profusely, it is worth growing one in the garden. Its fragrance is something lovely. "Mysore Mallige"(for this Jasmine) is a typical name that goes around for its special fragrance. Ladies adorn a small chain of them behind their head for decoration - also it is known to ward of lices! The smell fills the room. Not for nothing it is known to have romantic links. It is also used in worship to God.

I don't think it is as fragrant or as pretty as my Confederate Jasmine. The leaves don't stay as nice or have that glossy look. It has thick stems and that makes it harder to thread thru the lattice. Also, in the hottest sunniest places, it is not thriving. I think this far south, it needs partial shade. I'm just a few miles north of the lady from South Padre. I planted 8 plants and one died from the heat, and after 2 years, one is still struggling. The others have at least some protection from the sun and have taken off. One has climbed 10 feet.

I agree that this plant is far hardier than the rating.Mine took a week of freezing nights (more or less) this year.It never defoliated. This will be its second summer in ground and i think it is true they take a while to establish.Mine looks better now in late winter then it did last spring-its now got a strong root system.
And they dont need a hot summer climate to bloom.Mine bloomed the most brilliant white flowers i have ever seen. Fertilizing is required..I'm still working out whats best. From what i can tell,in the bay area there is no worry that it will become a rampant vine. Try it.
The Philippines national flower.

Living in north Texas, I was surprised that this plant has come back. I planted it 5 years ago as a 1 gallon plant, and it struggled, but came back late each spring. Last year it did much better, but this year is the best yet. The plant is over 3 ft tall, I do not prune it, nor give it excess water. It seems to have adapted to its spot. I collect fallen flowers each evening and float them in a bowl of water, letting the aroma fill the room! I am happy to get another one and try my luck indoor!

Overwintered 3 plants in my greenhouse last year with the thermostat set on 40 degrees. They all pulled through just fine! The one that I have in an elevated urn on the shady area of my patio has put out 3 trailing vines, about 5 feet long. Each of the vines are flowering nicely. I have discovered that using a balanced fertilizer on a regular basis greatly enhances the success of this plant. I also have white vinca periwinkle and variegated white and pink coleus in the urn with the jasmine. Makes a beautiful display. I will try to grow the jasmine as a house plant this winter. I like the idea of decorating my house with it's wonderful scent!
cstark, north little rock, arkansas

Planted (two plants) 4 years ago in my front yard and it only received morning sun. Transplanted to the back with afternoon sun, pruned severely and they are now full, tall 5' and about 4' in circumference. Full of bloooms. Drought tolerant. A good plant for someone who doesn't have a lot of time to care for their plants. I plan to place a trellis behind them and allow to vine. I've always cust the branches that were wayward and it has made a beautiful shrub but I'd like to see how well it will vine.

I planted my jasmine last spring and it looked great all summer and fall, healthy green leaves and lots of blooms. At some point this winter (which was warmer than normal in the Southern Piedmont of NC) it turned completely brown. I waited, hoping for a sign of life, but nothing. My husband cut off the dead twigs 6 weeks ago and I pronounced it dead. This evening I noticed green growth popping up where the bush had been. Perhaps a resurrection is in progress??

Smells WONDERFUL! Seems somewhat sensitive to light or heat changes. Yellowed and dropped leaves when moved outside this spring.

This plant is much hardier than indicated above. It survived 26*F and didn't lose its leaves. The plant gets huge and blooms off and on all year round here. It can be pruned into a shrub or grown as a vine.
Where the vines touch the ground, they will root.

Extremely easy house plant. Mine is upright, not vining. Flowers are fragrant, although one does not perfume a room for me... as only one flower has opened at a time so far. It has had a consistant supply of buds over the winter. Beautiful green foliage. This will be my first summer to place it outside. I'm hoping it blooms better with more sun and humidity :~)

This plant is VERY EASY to grow as A HOUSEPLANT....... Flowers profusely in the summer if put outdoors and intermittently year round...... takes one flower to perfume a room....... delightful....... vining growth...... can be grown in a pot with a trellis......

It seems to be fairly easily propagated by cuttings. I saw a short plant obtained this way bearing new flowers already.

Blooms year-round. Not cold hardy so transferred indoors in the middle of October. Extremely fragrant and very low maintenance.