How to Get Jasmine to Bloom a Second Year

Follow strict rules to keep your jasmine healthy for a second year.

Jasmine is known for its fragrant blossoms. One jasmine plant or vine can fill an entire room with its sweet fragrance. When growing jasmine in your home and garden, follow simple but exact rules to not only keep the plant healthy and blooming, but help it bloom a second year. With the proper care, you'll enjoy the sweet scent of jasmine a year later.

Instructions

1. Set your jasmine in a place where temperatures do not exceed 65 degrees F during winter. Ensure the plant receives bright, but indirect sunlight.

2. Run a humidifier near the jasmine to keep it from drying out. Set the plant on a tray filled with pebbles. Add water to the tray until it just comes to the top of the pebbles. The plant will absorb moisture this way too.

3. Water only when the top layer of soil is dry. Do not overwater or leave jasmine sitting in soggy soil.

4. Place the plant outdoors once the danger of frost has passed. Start it in a place with part sun and gradually move it to a place where it can get six hours of direct light per day.

5. Stop pruning the plant by the beginning of August, so next year's buds can form.

6. Ensure the plant experiences four or five weeks of nighttime temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees F in the autumn. Don't expose the plant to any light source at night during this period. Bring the plant back indoors before the first frost.

References

• Clemson Cooperative Extension; Jasmine; M. Kluepfel; 1999
• White Flower Farm: Jasmine Plants