Hi, I have an unidentified Jasmine that has been growing in full sun location for a while. It appears to be doing very well. I have on occasion trimmed it back for compact growth.
What is kind of depressing is that this shrub is lacking flowers.
I could use some help to get this Jasmine to bloom. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am not sure if this applies to Jasmines but I wonder if you are trimming it back at the wrong time. Perhaps it blooms on new wood and you have been trimming branches that would have bloomed. Rule of thumb is to prune blooming plants immediately after they finish flowering. A bit of fertilizer might help also. Good luck, it looks like a beautiful shrub.

I used to grow Jasmine in California with no problems. I tried it at our Arizona place and mine never bloomed even though it grew very nicely. I'm wondering if our very dry humidity has something to do with it? CA was much more humid.

Hi Alice and Karen, I really do appreciate both of your input.

ardesia said:I am not sure if this applies to Jasmines but I wonder if you are trimming it back at the wrong time. Perhaps it blooms on new wood and you have been trimming branches that would have bloomed. Rule of thumb is to prune blooming plants immediately after they finish flowering. A bit of fertilizer might help also. Good luck, it looks like a beautiful shrub.

Alice, you bring up a good point concerning pruning. This plant only had a big woopie total of 11 flowers this year. I have not pruned it yet because of the upcoming cold weather season. I will keep your input in mind before I prune next time.

plantmanager said:I used to grow Jasmine in California with no problems. I tried it at our Arizona place and mine never bloomed even though it grew very nicely. I'm wondering if our very dry humidity has something to do with it? CA was much more humid.

Karen, nice to run into someone who is familiar with Arizona weather patterns. You could have very well hit it right on with your input.
Sadly Arizona weather is a bit brutal at times.
Perhaps next year I will have better luck seeing more blooms on this plant!

Arizona weather can be brutal, summer or winter. I have had frozen plants. I made a nice covered gazebo and managed to have plants that survived the winter. It also helped to have the shade cloth in summer. Where are you in AZ? I have a place in Scottsdale.