How do I save my jasmine?

[MushroomTree]

My jasmine is looking miserable. Any ideas how to save it?

It's potted as I'm in a first floor flat so now ground to put it in. It gets a lot of sun but also all of the other elements.

Mine looks like this... a bit smaller and in a similar size pot. I'd put it in a bigger pot. Do you prune yours? Mines about 3 years old and has only had one or two flowers ever! It used to be against a south facing wall now in a shadier spot.

@TiddleTaddleTat I only bought it in thr summer as a tiny plant from Morrisons. It's grown enormously since then.

I wonder if it's an idea to prune it right back and see if it grows back in the spring.

I would cut it back to half its size and then re-pot in spring and make sure you feed it regularly through spring/summer. cutting back will encourage new growth which will be stronger and encourage more flowers.

Jasmine's cope with hard pruning - ours is 12 years old now and in the ground, south facing, but each winter i prune back to within 2 feet of the ground, and by the summer it's up to first floor window, flowers in May/June. You should prune after flowering, and once new leaves start in the spring leave it alone as much as possible.

@bilbodog @DropZoneOne thanks for the advice. I'll cut it right back and see what happens. I'll have to move it to the other end of the patio to fit in a bigger pot.

Don't cut it back while it's this cold . The frost will get into it . Shelter it as much as possible . In as much sun as you can then at the end of March cut it back . This type of Jasmine isn't reliably hardy outside in the uk

Thanks @Vicliz24. I'll see if I can swap the pots around so it's more in the corner and then prune it at the end of March.

Interesting reading this. I wonder if I might have more luck with mine inside the conservatory (east / south facing)

There are different species of jasmine. There's the yellow flowered winter flowering jasmine, totally hardy in the UK, and there are some white and pink flowered species that are hardy. There's also a highly scented white flowered species which isn't hardy, and I have a strong suspicion that this is what yours is. If you don't have room to bring it in in winter, I'd suggest treating it as an annual and buying a new small plant every spring.

@MereDintofPandiculation it had a few little pink flowers over the summer. I know it's definitely not winter jasmine.

No room to bring indoors unfortunately so I'll leave it where it is and see what happens.

I've got a senetti about to flower on my kitchen windowsill that I saved from near death in the summer so I'm hopeful!

it had a few little pink flowers over the summer. Ah, that doesn't sound like the tender scented one, which has definitely white flowers.