How to Grow Jasmine
Jasmine At a Glance
Difficulty
Easy
Category
Vine
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Frost Tolerance
Frost Hardy
Cold Hardiness
Survives to -10°C
Plant Family
Oleaceae
Growing Season
Warm Season
Plant Lifecycle
Perennial
How to Start It
★ Recommended for beginners
Buy a young jasmine from a garden centre and read the label: common white jasmine handles frost down to about -10°C (14°F), while most other kinds must spend winter indoors. Plant it out or pot it up about 1 week after your last frost, next to a support it can climb. In most of Canada, a pot you can bring indoors is the safest choice.
Jasmine is grown for its sweet scent, strongest in the evening, so plant it near a door, window or seat. How much cold it takes depends on the kind, and tender kinds like Arabian jasmine live in pots and come indoors for winter. Make sure the label says Jasminum, because Carolina jessamine, sometimes sold as yellow jasmine, is a different plant and is poisonous.
When To Start
Jasmine needs warmth. Wait until your last frost has passed and the soil has warmed before sowing.
We do not have exact sowing dates for this one yet.
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Start planting
May 15, 2026
Last chance
Sep 10, 2026
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Plant jasmine by a warm, sheltered wall or in a pot
1 week after your last frost
Prune jasmine right after it finishes flowering
120 days after your last frost· every year
Bring tender jasmine indoors before the frost
3 weeks before your first frost· every year· optional
Water your new jasmine plants well while they settle in. Deep and slow is best.
About 1 days after you plant it
Hello! Give your jasmine bright light and water when the top of the soil feels dry.
About 30 days after you plant it
Nice progress! Guide the new stems onto a support so your jasmine climbs neatly.
About 90 days after you plant it
The Journey Ahead
Jasmine's Lifecycle
Seedling
Mature Plant
Seed Production
Step 1
Prepare Your Space
150 cm
Plant Spacing
200 cm
Row Spacing
Vertical Growing
Yes: it's a climber; give it a sturdy support to start with.
Succession Planting
No.
Good Companions
Bad Companions
Step 2
Planting & Sprouting
Growing Tips
- 1Give jasmine the sunniest, most sheltered spot you have, such as a warm wall.
- 2Plant it in well-drained soil or potting mix with some compost.
- 3Water deeply in summer when the top 2 to 3 cm of soil is dry, and less in winter.
- 4Feed with compost tea or worm castings once in spring and again in early summer.
- 5Indoors, rinse the leaves with water now and then to keep spider mites and aphids away.
Seedling Phase
Step 3
Growth & Maturity
500 cm
Mature Height
300 cm
Mature Width
Pests to Watch For
Diseases to Watch For
Mature Plant
Step 4
Harvesting
When to Pick
Fragrant flowers from late spring through summer; prune right after they finish
How to Harvest
- 1Tie new stems to the support as they grow so they climb where you want them.
- 2Prune right after the flowers finish, never before, because next year's flowers grow on stems made this summer.
- 3Cut out old, tangled or dead stems at the same time to keep the plant open and tidy.
- 4Bring tender kinds indoors to a bright, cool room before your first fall frost.
- 5Cut a few stems in flower for a small vase to scent a room.
Step 5
Saving Seeds
Seed Production
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