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What to do with this jasmine?

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Misty9 · 26/04/2021 12:06

I moved into my house last autumn and there's a lovely winter flowering jasmine which was trained over an archway. However wind had bent the archway and eventually managed to extricate the plant. But now it's just a mass on the ground and I'm not sure what to do with it? I could get another archway but it's in a bit of a pointless place (you don't need to walk through it) and wondered if anyone has any other ideas? It's nowhere near a wall or other structure

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APurpleSquirrel · 26/04/2021 12:10

Could you move it? Do you have anything it could climb up?
We've just bought a honeysuckle & have attached a cane trellis to our garage wall for it to climb.

Misty9 · 26/04/2021 12:18

I'm not sure if I could move it - it's quite established (and I'm not green fingered!) it's near the conservatory and outhouse but neither of those are suitable for it to climb up. I'd get rid of it but I love jasmine

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Beebumble2 · 26/04/2021 12:54

How about trimming it back, now’s the time after flowering, and attaching it to an obelisk.

Misty9 · 26/04/2021 16:45

Interesting idea. It's about 3m tall at the moment (leaning over) so would I cut lots of that back?

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Beebumble2 · 26/04/2021 16:51

Yes cut it back to some strong leads. Ideally if you got the obelisk which for example is 5ft high you could cut it back to 3 ft leads and tie it in.
Jasmine responds well to a hard prune.

Misty9 · 26/04/2021 16:55

Thank you, that's really helpful Smile

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