Autumn garden jasmine care: pruning and other activities. Garden jasmine in autumn: pruning for beginners, rules for feeding, watering, grafting features How to cut jasmine beautifully

When growing ornamental shrubs, a beginner gardener may find it difficult to prune jasmine. In autumn or spring, to carry out this work, at what age to start, what form to give to the plant - these and many other questions sometimes do not find an answer. Don't worry it's unpretentious plant, easy to care for. The first time may fail, the shape of the bush will be uneven, but do not give up. Take into account the errors and repeat the procedure after six months. Each time you will gain experience, and after a while you will be able to compete with a professional landscape designer.

Why does jasmine need pruning?

When approaching many suburban areas, you can feel a strong, but pleasant aroma. It publishes lush bush strewn with white flowers - garden jasmine. An ornamental plant gives charm to a flower garden, looks great in hedges, and it becomes unclear why such beautiful flower gave a dissonant name - mock orange. Perhaps this word escaped from a man harvesting wood for pipe shank, at the sight of wild gnarled bushes with old cracked branches, with a too dense but uneven crown and stunted inflorescences.

Jasmine is unpretentious, it can grow without any care, but its decorative qualities are reduced. Old trunks do not allow new shoots to develop properly, frozen and broken branches serve as a haven for pests and a breeding ground for infections. Poorly developed young shoots will not be able to release many buds, flowering will be weak. Uneven branches will not add charm to either the flower garden or the front garden, and overgrown plants planted close to each other will resemble an impenetrable jungle.

If the jasmine is allowed to grow freely, some shoots can overcome a height of 2 m. Long branches sticking out in different directions look sloppy. Such bushes are not suitable for landscape design, nor for hedges. Old trunks do not bloom, but take away light and nutrients from young shoots. Instead of lush white hats, rare small flowers will appear on the bushes. Anyone who passes by such thickets will get the impression that the site is abandoned and the owners do not care about it at all.

When is the best time to prune jasmine?

Jasmine easily tolerates pruning, so you can shorten shoots that break the shape of a bush or hedge throughout the summer season. In the spring, you need to inspect the bush, check what damage the winter cold has left.

Until the buds swell, spring pruning should be done, which includes:

• cutting down old branches;
• removal of frozen and broken shoots;
• crown formation;
• bush rejuvenation.

During the summer, the jasmine will grow, some branches will be damaged by diseases and insects. It is impossible to leave the plant in this form for the winter. In autumn, you need to prepare the bush for wintering and spring development. To decorative bushes always looked neat, they need to be trimmed annually in spring and autumn.

After flowering, a number of procedures should be performed:

• remove wilted inflorescences;
• thin out the bush, removing old trunks;
• remove damaged and diseased fragments.

In autumn, you need to not only cut, but also feed the jasmine for the winter. Plan this work in advance, since fertilizer can be applied either before pruning, or 2 weeks after the procedure. Do not delay the removal of old branches - the work must be done before the temperature drops below -10⁰ C. The wood of the plant is fragile, removing frozen fragments can injure young shoots.

The very first pruning should be carried out immediately after planting, and it does not matter when this happens: in spring or autumn. Immediately think about what shape you want to give the jasmine, determine which shoots are growing in the wrong direction, and remove them. Leave no more than 3 trunks on which the strongest kidneys are located. Cut off the rest mercilessly - the bush will gain splendor over time, and the newly appeared shoots in the open will begin to actively develop and will be covered with flowers next year.

How to properly carry out autumn pruning?

Prepare everything you need in advance. During autumn or spring pruning, you will have to clean thin twigs, and cut down strong trunks. If you use the wrong tools, you can damage the young shoots. Sharpen all cutting edges well, dull blades will not give an even cut.

You will need the following inventory:

• hacksaw;
• secateurs;
• delimber;
• garden pitch or special putty for cuts.

The scheme of work is easy to remember. First, all diseased, dry and damaged fragments are removed, then old shoots and branches that grow incorrectly or thicken the plant. When all unnecessary has been removed, give the plant the desired shape.

Once flowering is over, remove any dead flowers. The wounds during this procedure remain small, they do not need to be processed. If you leave withered inflorescences, they can become a source of infection and give the bush a sloppy look. Freed from dry fragments of jasmine to late autumn will decorate the site with a green crown.

In the fall, cut down all the trunks that have reached the age of five. Do not damage the young branches that have grown this year - next season they will give the bulk of the buds. See if there are any crooked, broken, dry or diseased branches left, destroy them too. If the bush is illuminated unevenly, it may look one-sided. Cut off the shoots so that the density becomes uniform. Remove too long branches that go beyond the border of the crown. Cover all wounds with garden pitch, it will protect the tissues from the penetration of fungi and other infections.

For beginners, it is important to learn how to give jasmine a symmetrical shape. For the first years, make sure that the bush is even, and after gaining experience, you can give it the shape of a ball, cube, pyramid, and even animal figures.

Autumn pruning - it's time to prepare cuttings for propagating the bush. For this purpose, annual shoots are removed along with part of the old trunk. Cut them into 5 cm cuttings, each should have 2 internodes and several pairs of leaves. Do not forget that under the internodes you need to cut at an acute angle, and above the kidney - horizontally. take away planting material until spring in the basement and store at zero temperature.

We form a crown

Formative pruning of mock orange should be carried out all season, including in autumn. So that weak shoots do not thicken the crown and do not take light from strong branches, thin branches are shortened by half or completely removed. If the plant does not waste nutrients on the development of useless fragments, in the spring it will release many new shoots. In the first season, they will only have dense green foliage, but the next year lush flower caps will bloom.

If you are using shrubs to create green fences, good shaping jasmine pruning is a must. Borders along paths, flower screens around benches, labyrinths of bushes should be even and thick. Remove thin branches, and shorten strong shoots slightly - they will give a lot of foliage, and the hedge will be lush. The shoots grow quickly, and after a while, instead of a clear surface, you will see branches sticking out in different directions, giving the plantations an untidy look.

The top of the green fence does not have to be flat. You can make waves, turrets, ledges - it all depends on the design style suburban area. In a flowerbed, a bush can be shaped into a ball or a cube; on the playground, kids will be pleased with figures of animals or toys.

For the first time, you can invite for decorative haircut specialist, then you will trim the bushes according to his model.

How to rejuvenate old bushes?

When you notice that the foliage is no longer growing so luxuriantly, the branches look bare and unattractive, you need to understand that the bush has aged. It is not necessary to uproot the jasmine and plant new cuttings, it is in your power to rejuvenate it. At perennials strong root system, and if she is healthy and doing well, young shoots will actively grow. You only need to give an incentive for the emergence and development of new branches, and for this, first of all, you should remove the old crown.

When cutting branches and trunks, it is better to cut at an angle of 45⁰, then the wounds absorb less water, which causes decay and serves as a breeding ground for harmful microorganisms. After pruning, be sure to treat the wounds with garden pitch.

The best time for anti-aging pruning is spring, until the buds begin to swell. If you are late with this work, you can do it in the summer, but not during the flowering period. But it is better to postpone to autumn. Select 4-5 of the strongest and youngest shoots, cut them down at a height of 0.5 m from the ground. Cut the rest of the trunks to the ground. In spring, the bush will release young branches that will be covered with green leaves. In April or May, when new shoots appear, remove them, leaving no more than 3 branches on each trunk. In a couple of years, a lush young jasmine will bloom under your window.

After pruning garden jasmine, treat all wounds with garden pitch. To restore strength after surgery, the plant needs good nutrition. But if you didn’t feed the bushes before the procedure, now is not the best right time do it. Give the plant a couple of weeks to get stronger, and then feed it with manure or compost. After the spring procedure, the bush needs to quickly gain strength. Feed it once every 10 days, water it well, mulch the soil under the crown.

If you have an unsightly unkempt mock orange bush growing on your yard, pruning will turn it into a beautiful garden jasmine. In autumn, the gardener has a lot to do: you need to harvest and process the crop, prepare the beds for the new season, and shelter tender plants from the cold. Take the time to feed and prune ornamental shrubs. In spring, green leaves will bloom on it, and in summer the entire crown will be covered with beautiful fragrant white flowers.

We tell the rules for planting and caring for mock orange in open ground. We describe in detail when and how best to plant garden jasmine.

We are considering caring for a plant in the garden: watering, fertilizing, pruning, flowering, preparing for winter, as well as diseases and pests.

Which is correct: mock orange or garden jasmine?

Mock orange belongs to the Hortensia family, and jasmine belongs to the Olive family. At the same time, the shrubs are quite similar to each other, especially with a sweet and strong aroma, which is why confusion arises.

In Russia and the CIS countries, mock orange is often called garden jasmine, but real jasmine is a heat-loving plant (subtropical zone) and freezes in harsh climates. We successfully grow some of its species at home or in greenhouses (Indian, sambac, etc.).

Our outdoor planting guidelines and tips for outdoor care are for mock orange, or popularly known as "garden jasmine".

• These names are used in the article as synonyms, since under these names one and the same plant is hidden.

In Russian gardens, the crown (common), virginal, hybrid winter-hardy varieties mock orange Lemoine and the selection of Vekhov Nikolai Kuzmich.

Chubushnik "Snow Storm"

Chubushnik: planting in open ground

For the excellent development and flowering of the plant, the planting site, soil and soil mixture, planting distance and its depth play an important role.

This is a kind of foundation that provides comfortable conditions for growing mock orange in the open field for the next 25-35 years.

Landing place

The plant is best suited for a quiet place that should be well lit, especially in the first half of the day, but light partial shade is also allowed at noon. It is best to plant mock orange on the south, southeast and southwest side.

garden jasmine able to grow in the shade, but in this case the flowering will be much weaker, it will stretch out and become less beautiful appearance.

Do not plant shrubs in places where rain or melt water, and also where ground water lie closer than 150 cm from the surface of the earth.

Soil and acidity

Mock orange loves fertile land with high air and moisture permeability. He is well suited rich in humus, light to medium clay soils. At the same time, garden jasmine is able to grow in poor soil, but then the development and flowering of the bush will be weaker.

Heavy clay soils are not suitable, in this case more powerful drainage and a “lighter” soil mixture are needed. On sandy soils on the contrary, you can do without drainage, and it is better to replace part of the sand with garden soil.

The optimal level of soil acidity for mock orange is pH 6.5-7.5 (close to neutral).

soil mix

Substrate options for garden jasmine.

1. Leaf land, humus, sod (garden) land, peat in equal parts- universal option.
2. Turf (garden) soil, humus (compost) and sand - 3:2:1. Good for clay soils and black soil.
3. Humus, black soil - 1: 1. Preferred option for sandy soils.

• It is desirable to add one glass to any soil substrate wood ash or two tablespoons of superphosphate.

landing distance

Large shrubs and trees - 2.5-3 m. When planting a mock orange, the distance depends on its type, about 80-140 cm. If you want to make hedge from garden jasmine then - 60-80 cm, the place should be well lit.

Mock orange hedge

planting depth

Landing root neck the seedling should be located approximately at ground level. The maximum depth is 2-3 cm, otherwise the risk of rot development is high.

How to plant garden jasmine? Instruction

1. Dig up landing pit: depth and width - 50-60 cm. At the bottom of the pit, make a 10-15 cm drainage layer of crushed stone, gravel or sand.
2. Pour in some soil mixture. Position the seedling in the center of the hole so that the base of the bush is approximately at ground level.
3. Gradually fill the planting hole with soil mixture and compact it so that there are no voids.
4. Trim all shoots to about 30% of their length (a couple of buds to a strong bud). Pour the seedling into the near-stem circle with 10-15 liters of water. Sprinkle a 3-4 cm layer of peat, bark or sawdust on top to keep the root ball moist longer.

Rules and Tips

• Plant mock orange in cloudy weather or in the evening, so that it takes root better.
• It is advisable to dig a planting hole and fill it with a soil mixture 3-4 weeks before planting.
• If the seedling has damaged roots, then remove them and treat the cut with charcoal powder.

When is the best time to plant marijuana in spring or autumn?

Garden jasmine is best planted in spring (April) or autumn (September-October).

A seedling with an open root system can only be planted in the spring before the leaves bloom, otherwise it will die, and in the fall from September 10 to October 15. Seedlings in containers can be planted throughout the growing season.

These dates for planting mock orange are also suitable for gardeners in the Moscow region, Leningrad region, Ural and Siberia.

Mock orange seedling in a container for planting in open ground

Mock orange transplant

The garden jasmine shrub is relatively easy to transplant at any age. The optimal time for transplanting adult bushes is from late August to mid-October, but it is also possible in spring in April.

1. The day before digging, water the mock orange abundantly so that it is easier to move it with a clod of earth, and it stocks up on nutrients.
2. Trim young shoots of the current year (autumn) or last year's by 30-40% (spring).
3. Carefully dig a bush, plant it in a new place with a clod of earth and pour 10-15 liters of water over it.

Mock orange: outdoor care in spring, summer and autumn

The shrub is quite unpretentious in care, drought-resistant and hardy to adverse external factors.

However, to obtain the maximum decorative effect of garden jasmine, it is necessary to properly care for it.

Watering

Moisture for mock orange has great importance. With its lack, the bush may not bloom. Water the garden jasmine regularly, especially in hot and dry weather, so that the leaves of the shrub do not droop (loss of turgor).

The maximum need for moisture is from April to July, when the bush is actively growing, preparing for flowering and blooming. At this time, water approximately every 7-12 days with 15-30 liters of water.

In the spring, before flowering, it is advisable to spray the shrub with warm and soft water. For young plants, it is useful to add growth stimulants to the water ("Zircon", "Epin Extra" and others).

After the first watering in the spring, mulch the near-stem circle with a 3-4 cm layer of peat to retain moisture in the soil.

Soil loosening

During spring - summer, it is necessary to loosen the ground 4-6 cm deep 2-4 times. Also, remove weeds in a timely manner - they take away macro- and microelements from mock orange.

Top dressing and fertilizers

The first two years after planting, the mock orange does not need to be fed with mineral fertilizers. Additional nutrients garden jasmine needs for abundant and lush flowering.

1. In early April (before the leaves bloom), dissolve 15 g of urea (urea), 15 g of potassium sulfate and 30 g of superphosphate in 10 liters of water and water the bush. Or water the plant with mullein infusion - 1:10.
2. After 3-4 weeks (beginning - mid-May), repeat top dressing.
3. Immediately after flowering, sprinkle 20-25 g of superphosphate (1 tablespoon) and 10-15 g of potassium sulfate per 1 m2 on the surface of the earth.

2nd option

1. Before flowering (end of April - beginning of May), sprinkle two tablespoons of nitrophoska and a glass of wood ash on the surface.
2. During flowering and immediately after it, pour with a solution: for 10 liters of water, 20-25 grams of superphosphate (1 tablespoon) and 10-15 grams of potassium.

Adviсe

Instead of mineral fertilizers during flowering and after it, wood ash can be used. To do this, fill a glass of ash with 10 liters of water and insist for two days, and then pour the shrub into the trunk circle.

Bloom

The maximum attractiveness of garden jasmine is revealed when the fragrant flowers. It is for its pleasant, sweetish and powerful aroma that most flower growers love it.

The smell of mock orange has a beneficial effect on the human psyche and uplifts the mood. The plant usually blooms in the 3rd year after planting.

Flowering time

The flowering period of garden jasmine depends on its type and variety. In the conditions of the Moscow region, the coronal mock orange is the first to bloom and garden molds based on it: golden (aureus), dwarf and variegated. They bloom almost immediately after (early June).

In the first two weeks of June, the small-leaved, thin-leaved, Schrenk mock orange blooms. In early - mid-July, the odorless, grayish, broad-leaved and fluffy mock-orange begins to bloom (blooms later than all).

The duration of flowering averages 20-25 days, in shady place A little bit longer. Schrenk's mock orange blooms the longest, and, for example, Gordon's mock orange is able to bloom in the fall for the second time.

Mock orange "Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya"

Why is the mock orange not blooming? What to do?

Jasmine garden may not bloom in some situations. The most common causes are: lack of light (grows in the shade), lack of moisture, or nutrients(watering, top dressing), unsuccessful wintering (freezing of annual shoots), excessive pruning in spring or excessively deep planting.

Perhaps the mock orange does not bloom due to age, especially if you grew it from seeds (7-8th year) or from cuttings (4-5th year).

Proper pruning of mock orange: in spring, after flowering, in autumn

Garden jasmine needs annual pruning to form decorative form crowns, especially vigorous species and varieties. Otherwise, it will thicken with young shoots and grow ugly.

Sanitary pruning in spring

Before the awakening of the kidneys (end of March - beginning of April), remove weak and damaged shoots growing inside the bush. If desired, you can shorten a few of the strongest branches, but proceed carefully, as excessive pruning can lead to a lack of flowering this year.

Sanitary pruning can be done at any time of the year. You will make a full-fledged formation of the crown of the bush after the mock orange has faded.

Anti-aging pruning

Approximately once every 2-4 years it is necessary to rejuvenate the plant. With an early vein in garden jasmine, cut off all shoots older than 10-12 years old at the very base of the bush (“on the stump”).

Due to such pruning, the crown of garden jasmine will be rejuvenated and powerful flowering and growth will be stimulated. New strong shoots will bloom next summer.

"Updating" the old bush

A very old or neglected bush is easier to rejuvenate with cardinal pruning.

1. At the end of April, cut down all the trunks at ground level, and cut 3-4 of the healthiest ones at a height of 35-40 cm. Treat the cut points with garden pitch, and spread a 4-5 cm layer of humus around the bush and dig the soil a little (6-8 cm) .
2. In summer, water the mock orange regularly and abundantly. It is also desirable to feed mullein infusion 1-2 times.
3. In the fall, new shoots will appear from dormant buds, but in the spring, 3-4 of the strongest ones will need to be left, and the rest should be completely removed. These most developed shoots are the basis of a young shrub.

Formative pruning of mock orange after flowering

Formative pruning of garden jasmine is best done immediately after flowering (mid-June), so as not to disturb flowering, as it blooms on last year's shoots.

1. First, remove all faded inflorescences. If spring was not pruned or there is a need, then completely remove all weak and damaged branches.
2. Then cut the current year's shoots to last year's growth (the green section of the branch to the lignified part).
   By October, a new growth will have time to appear on these branches with lateral shoots on which flowers will appear. next spring.
   If you want to reduce the height of the bush, then cut off all or the longest shoots below the growth zone.
3. Also prune inward-growing and bare, weakly flowering, 4-5 year old shoots to thin out. And if the bush is very thick, then cut off 20-25% of the old trunks at the base.

Pruning mock orange in autumn

You should not prune young shoots of garden jasmine in autumn if you want it to bloom next year. In autumn, if necessary, you can spend sanitary pruning and thinning the bush (growing inward and weak shoots).

Preparing for the winter mock orange

Most varieties of plants are characterized by good winter hardiness, especially domestic selection. Adult mock orange bushes do not need winter shelter, and it is advisable to mulch specimens up to 2 years old with a 4-5 cm layer of peat or pine needles.

If the tops of annual shoots freeze in an adult garden jasmine in winter, it will still bloom, and with the help of pruning in the spring it is easy to restore the crown of the bush.

In the conditions of the Moscow region, the Leningrad region, Siberia and the Urals, it is better to plant winter-hardy varieties.

Pests and diseases

Mock orange is rarely affected by pests or diseases, but it is important to regularly inspect the shrub for their presence.

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We wish you a successful planting, easy care of the mock orange in the garden, and enjoy its wonderful flowering!

Caring for jasmine in the garden is easy. It is enough to water and feed the plant on time. Do not forget also about pruning jasmine. The splendor of flowering and, accordingly, the overall aesthetics of the bush depends on how correctly this procedure is carried out.

Does it need to be cut

Jasmine garden (the second name of mock orange) is valued for its decorative effect and aroma. In order for it to grow and develop normally, it is necessary to prune at different periods for different purposes. There are the following types of pruning of mock orange:

1. Formative. It is necessary to give the plant the desired shape, increase the number and size of flowers. If you do not correct a rapidly and unevenly growing bush, it will be asymmetrical and one-sided. The procedure is subjected to plants older than five years.
2. Sanitary. Designed to improve the bush. For this purpose, damaged and dried shoots are cut out. After all, fungus or pests can settle on them.
3. After flowering. It is carried out to give the bush a neatly designed look. It contributes to the creation of an aesthetic, evenly growing crown.
4. Anti-aging. Needed to stimulate the growth of young branches in case of severe damage to the bush or its old age. After the procedure, the old shoots become more lush, more flowers bloom on them.

How to prune jasmine

The basic rule for pruning jasmine is the selection of a tool: it should only be sharp. Perfect option- high-quality secateurs. The cut must be made oblique - at an angle of 45 °. All sections must be treated with garden pitch to protect wounds from hordes of harmful microorganisms.

The very first procedure for pruning a mock orange is carried out immediately after planting a bush. Almost all shoots are cut off on it, leaving 2-3 branches with several strong buds. Branches are removed next time only if necessary.

Each type of jasmine pruning is carried out with a specific purpose, to achieve which it is necessary to perform all actions correctly. All types of crown thinning have their own characteristics.

Formative pruning

Held throughout the year if:

• the bush has an irregular and ugly shape;
• growing up very fast;
• jasmine has a thickened crown.

The rapid, uneven growth of shoots upwards breaks the symmetry of the bush, spoils its beauty. Thickened crown does not allow to pass inside sunbeams And fresh air, suppressing awakening flower buds on internal shoots. Formative pruning allows you to give the shrub the desired shape and cause the development of new shoots, on which to next year there will be many flowers.

By various reasons mock orange is cut in different ways:

1. To give the bush a more aesthetic appearance and correct shape, large and elongated shoots are found, and then cut off, leaving half of them. Other branches are not touched so that the plant blooms well this year.
2. In order to thin out the foliage from the center of the shrub, up to four old shoots are completely cut out, cutting them off to the very ground. They are still of no use: there are few lateral branches, which, in addition, interfere with the normal development of the entire plant. Also cut out large branches growing inside the shrub.
3. You can control the appearance of fast-growing shoots by halving their number, paying special attention to those that grow upwards. After cutting, side branches will appear on them, on which additional inflorescences will form.

If the plant grows up slowly and retains its decorative appearance for a long time, then you should not cut the mock orange very often: it is enough to do this once every 4 years.

Sanitary pruning

The main pruning of the mock orange is carried out in the spring to improve the appearance of the shrub. Most often, this is done before bud break in the middle of the first spring month, but dead shoots can be cut out before the flowering period.

What does sanitary pruning include:

• removal of frozen shoots (if the crown is very thick) or parts of them (cut to living wood);
• shortening broken branches: here it is important not to forget that pruning most of the shoots negatively affects the splendor summer bloom mock orange.

When carrying out sanitary pruning of garden jasmine, it is necessary to view the crown for excessive density and decorativeness. For dense bushes of an ugly shape, it is desirable to combine the sanitary procedure with the forming one.

Cut dry and broken branches and throughout the summer. For sanitary purposes, jasmine is also cut in the fall when preparing the plant for winter.

Pruning jasmine after flowering

Mock orange blooms until mid-summer, then the inflorescences dry out and look ugly. To maintain decorativeness during this period, light pruning is carried out.

What is cut in the summer:

1. With a sharp tool, fading and dried flowers are removed, which are many on a properly grown jasmine. Slices are not processed.
2. Very long branches are cut a little, worsening the appearance of the bush, in order to correct its shape. This is done to stimulate the growth of lateral branches, on which new flowers will form.
3. If present, remove dried and broken branches that prevent the jasmine from developing normally.

Garden jasmine is pruned after flowering for various purposes: improving decorativeness, easy contour adjustment and for sanitary purposes. The diagram below shows the approximate location of future cuts.

Anti-aging pruning

Presence in the shrub a large number perennial bare shoots suggests that drastic measures need to be taken. After all, these shoots practically do not give growth, few flower buds appear on them, and this worsens the appearance of the plant.

Proper anti-aging pruning of mock orange is done in early spring. Begin this procedure when the plant reaches at least 12 years old and repeat every 6-7 years.

The basic rules are as follows:

• saw off to the ground all shoots that are more than 10 years old;
• cut out dry, thin and poorly developing branches;
• choose the strongest young branches (4-5 pieces), cut them, leaving 30-40 cm, and cut the rest completely;
• places of cuts are smeared with garden pitch.

After the procedure, the soil near the jasmine is mulched and watered with a liquid manure solution. Then they continue to moisturize well so that the “operated” shrub recovers faster and gains weight.

During the current year, young shoots will grow on the left parts of the branches, which it is desirable to remove immediately. You can thin them out next spring, leaving on the main branches several branches shortened to 30-40 cm (3-4 pieces). During the summer, new branches will appear on the main part of the bush, which will begin to bloom the next summer.

Jasmine care after pruning

Pruning is a surgical intervention in the life of a plant. Therefore, after it, conscientious care is necessary, the main points of which are regular moisturizing and feeding the plant.

It is necessary to ensure that in the "postoperative" period the soil near the bush does not dry out, moistening it as necessary. Usually in late spring and summer it is enough to pour a couple of buckets of water under the bush once a week. But if the weather is dry, then water twice.

To regular fertilization, add feeding with mullein infusion twice a summer. This will accelerate the growth and increase the intensity of flowering of the bush in the future.

Trimming garden jasmine is not so difficult. You must first determine the purpose of this procedure, and then act according to the rules. And then the flower will delight the gardener with its flowering for more than one year.

Or mock orange - an unpretentious plant. Minimal care is enough to please it with lush flowering every year.

For the growth and development of the bush, watering, top dressing and pruning are necessary. Pruning is one of the most important and mandatory procedures. There are several types of pruning that need to be done regularly. Without this, the flowering of jasmine will be poor, and then completely stop.

In this article, we will look at when you can prune jasmine and how to do it correctly.

The need for timely pruning

Garden jasmine is valued for decorative look shrubs and fragrant flowers. A properly shaped plant can beautify any garden or household plot. But in order to give it the necessary shape and make it bloom profusely, formative pruning is needed. After all, the mock orange is characterized by fairly rapid and uneven growth. Without crown correction, it grows one-sidedly and asymmetrically. Prune plants older than 5 years.

In the spring, sanitary pruning of the plant is carried out. At the same time, all unviable, dry or frost-damaged branches are removed. You can not leave them, as they are a breeding ground for fungi and even harmful insects.

Particular attention should be paid to pruning the bush after flowering. This procedure is necessary to give the bush a compact and neat appearance. It also contributes to the formation of a beautiful and evenly developed crown.

Very old plants or shrubs severely damaged by frost need rejuvenating pruning. This is a radical pruning of the plant, which stimulates the rapid growth of young shoots. Old bushes with bare branches after such pruning quickly acquire attractive appearance and bloom profusely.

crown formation

With the help of forming pruning, the crown of garden jasmine is given the desired shape. Rapidly growing specimens are limited in height, and their crowns are thinned out. This pruning is carried out at the end of March. It is carried out as needed. If the plant gives a relatively small increase and retains a decorative appearance for a long time, crown formation is carried out 1 time in 3-4 years.

With a high crown density, 3-4 oldest branches should be cut from the middle of the bush. They give a small increase and interfere with the development of the whole plant. Remove them by sawing at ground level. Thick branches that go inside the crown also need to be removed.

Very tall jasmine bushes in the garden do not look aesthetically pleasing. To limit their growth, you need to halve all the branches pointing up. The lateral shoots that grow after such pruning will form many buds in the upper part of the bush.

Ugly jasmine outlines are also easy to fix. To give the plant a uniform and correct form, you need to shorten the largest and longest branches, cutting them in half. The remaining shoots should not be shortened in order to get a profusely flowering bush this year.

Spring sanitary pruning

Every spring, garden jasmine must be pruned. Spring sanitary pruning improves the appearance of the plant. During this procedure, branches frozen after winter are removed. They are cut to living wood, but if the bush is very thick, they can be cut out completely.

Usually spring pruning is carried out in mid-March, when the buds have not yet blossomed.. However, you can remove dead branches later, before the bush blooms.

All broken branches of the plant are also cut off. They often break as a result of heavy snowfalls. They are not cut at ground level, but only shortened. But we must remember that when shortening a large number of branches, the intensity of summer flowering decreases.

When pruning in spring, you need to evaluate the density and shape of the crown of the plant. Too dense crown is undesirable - for intensive flowering it is necessary that it is well lit and ventilated inside. Therefore, for very dense plants irregular shape sanitary pruning can be combined with shaping.

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Pruning jasmine after flowering

Jasmine blooms until mid-summer, and then all its flowers fade. After that, the bush needs to be put in order, since a lot of wilted inflorescences look ugly on it. Pruning after flowering is carried out in the middle or at the end of summer. This is an easy pruning of the bush to preserve the decorative effect.

Properly grown jasmine blooms profusely, so there are a lot of dry inflorescences on it. During summer pruning, all wilted and dry inflorescences are cut with sharp scissors or secateurs.

During the summer pruning of jasmine, the sections are not treated with anything.

After the inflorescences are removed, you need to inspect the bush. If some shoots have grown so much that they are knocked out of common forms crowns, they can be cut a little. This stimulates the growth of side shoots from mature branches, which will give buds in the future. But only the longest shoots are shortened to correct the shape of the bush. More careful pruning should be carried out in the spring during the formation of the crown.

During summer pruning, you can also remove all dry and broken branches, if any.. They are not needed for the development of the bush, so they can be cut without waiting for sanitary pruning in the spring.

Radical anti-aging pruning

Sometimes jasmine needs rejuvenating pruning. This procedure is necessary if the bush has a lot of old and bare branches. They do not look aesthetically pleasing, almost do not give growth, few buds form on them. Radical anti-aging pruning of plants not younger than 12 years of age is carried out in early spring once every 6-7 years.

To rejuvenate the jasmine bush, remove all branches older than 10 years. They are cut at ground level. Also remove all dry and thin, poorly developed shoots.

Of the young branches, 4-5 of the strongest are left and shortened to a length of 30-40 cm, and the rest are also cut out. Slices are covered with garden pitch.

During the spring-summer season, the main branches will give rise to many new shoots. The following spring, they are thinned out, leaving 3-4 shoots on each main branch, which are also shortened to 30-40 cm. Over the summer, young shoots grow on the basis of the bush, on which buds appear a year later.

Care and fertilizer after pruning

Now you know how to prune jasmine after flowering, sanitary pruning and rejuvenate the plant. But after pruning, the garden jasmine bush needs careful care. It is regularly watered and fed.

After pruning, the land around the jasmine bush should not dry out.. It is necessary to carefully monitor this, watering the plant as needed. Usually in May and summer period weekly watering is sufficient. 1-2 buckets of water are poured under each bush. If the summer turned out to be hot, water the jasmine twice a week.

Jasmine bush after pruning needs. Except regular feeding throughout the season, it is advisable to feed the cut plant 2-3 times a season with slurry. This will ensure rapid growth and abundant flowering in future.

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Preparing for winter and literate autumn care- responsible measures that allow jasmine to easily endure frosts and winters with little snow.

Preparation for winter and competent autumn care are responsible measures that allow jasmine to easily endure frosts and snowy winters.

Garden mock orange immediately after flowering must be properly prepared for the upcoming winter cold. Despite the relative unpretentiousness, a flowering garden crop in autumn needs to perform sanitary and thinning pruning of bushes, as well as phosphorus-potassium top dressing. Fertilizing a horticultural crop is necessary to increase the level of winter hardiness and improve natural immunity.

Among other things, it is very desirable to mulch the soil around the plants with a thick layer of peat chips or ordinary sawdust. Mock oranges overwinter, as a rule, without the use of shelter, but in too frosty and little snow, damage to the apical part of young shoots can sometimes be noted. This situation is not dangerous for ornamental shrub, since after pruning in the spring, garden jasmine actively starts to grow.

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With regular thinning of the bush garden mock orange, the crown is effectively rejuvenated, since such a timely and correctly performed event causes the active growth of young and well-leafed, as well as abundant and long flowering shoots. To produce autumn pruning competently, There are a few very important guidelines to follow:

• the first pruning of a plant should be done no earlier than three or four years after planting an ornamental plant on permanent place. Only a three-year bush is able to form flower-bearing branches, and also has a sufficient number of well-developed crown-forming processes;
• parts of the root system that have come to the surface of the soil must be cut out in a timely and thorough manner;
• sanitary pruning of diseased and old branches should not be carried out in the fall, but in spring period, until the moment of active sap flow in the plant. As a result of such pruning, all frost-bitten parts of the shoots, dried and diseased branches should be completely removed;

With regular thinning of the bush garden mock orange, the crown is effectively rejuvenated

• it is forbidden to cut off the apical part of two-year-old shoots, from which the crown of an ornamental plant is formed and the process of root formation is supported;
• when forming pruning, you need to focus on optimal height plants a couple of meters, which contributes to uniform illumination of the crown;
• it is impossible to perform too short pruning on strong shoots, and leave weak branches long, since in this case the plant may turn out to be one-sided;
• on a shrub older than seven years, anti-aging pruning is performed, in which about five of the strongest shoots remain, which are cut at a height of a quarter meter. All other branches are cut at the root, after which the sections of the cuts are processed with garden pitch;
• shoots that appear at the base of the plant can adversely affect the decorative qualities of the bush, so they need to be without fail cut at the root.

Cutting is clean and sharp garden pruner. It is imperative to take into account not only the aesthetic characteristics of the size and shape of the crown, but also the sanitary conditions for growing horticultural crops, since only in this case it is possible to achieve long and annual flowering.

Sanitary pruning of diseased and old branches should not be done in the fall, but in the spring

Autumn dressing of jasmine

In order to autumn dressing had an effect, it is necessary to adhere to the feeding regimen at all stages of growth and development of garden ornamental culture. The ideal solution would be optimal combination organic fertilizers and integrated mineral compositions. The best thing flowering shrub responds to the introduction of liquid dressings. At the stage of active growth processes, preference should be given to high-quality potash fertilizers. It is not recommended to fertilize the plant more than once a decade.

So that the garden mock orange annually has a violent and lush bloom, annually it is necessary to feed without fail ornamental plant well-established organic fertilizers.

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Fermented slurry, which is diluted in a ratio of 1:10, is excellent for top dressing. About a couple of years after planting, it is very important to use mineral fertilizers to feed the flowering crop.

The first top dressing of the garden mock orange is carried out, as a rule, in the spring. around the middle of May. For this purpose, a nutrient solution is introduced under the plants, based on a mixture of 30 g of superphosphate, 15 g of urea and 15 g of potassium sulfate, diluted in a bucket of warm and clean water. When preparing a mock orange for winter period, Special attention should be given proper feeding decorative shrub. Only with proper application can you count on easy overwintering of the crop. After flowering for each square meter the landing area is required to be top dressed, the composition of which is 25 g of superphosphate, 100 g of wood ash and 15 g of potassium sulfate.

When preparing mock orange for the winter period, special attention should be paid to the correct feeding of ornamental shrubs.

Through proper pruning, the number of flowering buds effectively increases, so only branches that do not have peduncles and older need to be removed. three years, as well as those affected by diseases or thickening the crown. Adult jasmine bushes do not need the use of additional preparation, as they are quite well and easily able to tolerate low-temperature regimes.

However, young plants and newly planted ornamental seedlings are not able to endure severe winter frosts, therefore it is advisable to use the shelter of the aerial part during the autumn preparation of the plant, as well as mulching trunk circles using garden compost, well-rotted manure or pine needles. Such preparation will prevent the freezing of the root system.

It is advisable to use mulching of tree trunks with coniferous needles during the autumn preparation of jasmine.