How to cut farmer's jasmine correctly

How to cut farmer's jasmine correctly

Occasionally thin out farmer's jasmine - this is how it works

Farmer's jasmine (Philadelphus coronarius) is one of the domestic pipe bushes. The picturesque flowering shrub inspires with its upright, bushy stature, reliable winter hardiness and abundant abundance of flowers from May to June. Garden jasmine planted the buds for the next flower festival last year. Annual pruning measures could significantly impair the floral lease development. For this reason, the incision care is limited to a thinning cut at intervals of two to three years. How to do it right:

  • The best time to cut is in February when the weather is frost-free
  • Thinning out dead, weak and cross-growing branches
  • Cut off some overaged ground shoots with rough, furrowed bark at the base
  • Leave the appropriate number of young ground shoots
  • Cut excess scaffold drives off at floor level

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In view of a growth rate of up to 50 centimeters per year, vital scaffold shoots can bend over massively and branch out broom-like at the shoot tips. This is no reason to thin out the active blossom wood. In this case, a derivative cut solves the problem. Look out for an unbranched, strong side shoot in the lower area. From now on, this drive takes on the function of a new scaffold drive. Use the loppers where old, rough and young, smooth wood fork.

Note risk of confusion

Calling the European pipe bush as farmer's jasmine causes considerable confusion among beginners in pruning due to the confusion with real jasmine. Real jasmine thrives as a frost-sensitive climbing shrub that is cut back vigorously every year after the flowering period. If you also cut farmer's jasmine, you will remove a large part of the flower buds that have already been created.

Rejuvenate old farmer's jasmine - this is how it works

Without an occasional clearing cut, farmer's jasmine turns into a dense, impenetrable undergrowth. From the inside, an unsightly baldness prevails because the sun's rays can no longer get through. This is no reason to clear the naturally blooming garden jasmine. A radical rejuvenation cut breathes a new will to live into the old flowering bush. How to proceed correctly step by step:

  • The best time is in late winter
  • First saw off all dead scaffolding shoots flush with the floor
  • Cut back remaining ground shoots by half to two thirds

The strong cut back activates a multitude of sleeping eyes from which the old wood sprouts. First give this growth a free hand in order to be able to better assess the quality. In February of the following year, you select seven to twelve promising ground shoots as a new framework. All other specimens must give way for light-flooded growth.

Tips

Farm jasmine also looks good in your garden as a picturesque hedge. If you already have a vital specimen, simply grow the appropriate number of young shrubs yourself. To do this, in early summer cut semi-lignified cuttings 10-15 cm in length. In the nursery pot with a transparent cover, the rooting proceeds quickly.