Three year old Jasmine hasn’t flowered.

[MrsCooper]

Hello Gardeners’, I’m from the UK, specifically England. I live near Cambridge in East Anglia. I have a fairly small back garden which is dominated by a large Bramley apple tree, (which I love and my husband doesn’t), and by a line of leylandii along the brook which edges the property, (which my husband likes and I don’t). Also a smaller front garden which is mainly given over to roses, lavender and a weeping silver birch.
In one corner of the back garden I have a clematis and a jasmine planted quite close together. The clematis flowers profusely in spring, and the jasmine has a LOT of green growth, but has never flowered. Any ideas?

 

[zigs]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Tetters]

Hello @MrsCooper -good to have you on board - Welcome.

Firstly, will you be keeping the husband - or not

As for the Jasmine, I can tell you why mine doesn`t flower sometimes. It seems to go bonkers in the springtime and I end up cutting it back to tidy it up. I should be patient and tie it in! The right time to prune it is late summer/autumn time after it has finished flowering.
I didn`t tidy it up this year, and it has been flowering nicely for the last week

 

[SteveSteve]

Hello Gardeners’, I’m from the UK, specifically England. I live near Cambridge in East Anglia. I have a fairly small back garden which is dominated by a large Bramley apple tree, (which I love and my husband doesn’t), and by a line of leylandii along the brook which edges the property, (which my husband likes and I don’t). Also a smaller front garden which is mainly given over to roses, lavender and a weeping silver birch.
In one corner of the back garden I have a clematis and a jasmine planted quite close together. The clematis flowers profusely in spring, and the jasmine has a LOT of green growth, but has never flowered. Any ideas?

Welcome... I am knew... I know nothing.. yet

 

[MrsCooper]

Hi Tetters,
It’s about twelve feet high, very profuse and strong green growth, no sign ever of a single flower. It is tied into a trellis but is so tall now it’s falling forward of the trellis. I’ve never pruned it, so I’ll try that.

I’ve had the husband for over fifty years so I don’t think I can be bothered with the hassle of getting rid of him, and the idea of replacing him strikes fear into my heart.

Many thanks!

 

[MrsCooper]

Welcome... I am knew... I know nothing.. yet

I knew nothing once; I don’t know much more now but at least we both know what we don’t know!

 

[Tetters]

This place is quite big, and until the Covid 19 bug it was a camping site - I have now actually retired (at long last) The Jasmine here grows all over the place, and tends to travel a bit - it grows on runners. The plants that are flowering best this year are the ones I got really cross with last autumn - the ones I cut to the ground. It seems they like to be treated rough! They don`t like to be fed either.
This of course fits well into the same category as husbands etc

I don`t know that much either

 

[MrsCooper]

I shall give it a good thumping in late September/October then.
Many thanks!

 

[Tetters]

So so nice to find someone with an equally warped sense of humour

 

[Sheal]

Welcome to the forums Mrs Cooper.