Terry jasmine - popular plant varieties

Many gardeners grow on their plots shrubs with large inflorescences of white or cream color, which have a bright pleasant smell. It is because of this specific and easily recognizable aroma that the shrub is called garden jasmine. But from the real jasmine the plant has only a smell, and the true name of the bush is mock-orange (philadelphus).

Terry jasmine: a short description, history of origin

One of the varieties of chubushnik is terry jasmine, a popular ornamental shrub of the temperate strip.

Garden terry jasmine is a perennial tall shrub, the size of which can reach up to 3 m in height, bred by a French breeder as a result of experiments with common mock orange. Hybrid varieties are characterized by double flowers, similar to small roses in a semi-opened state. There are many different varieties of plants - double and semi-double with large or small inflorescences, with a different number of petals, which affects the doubleness of the flower.

Garden jasmine (chubushnik)

Some time ago, shanks and mouthpieces for smoking pipes were made from the shoots of the plant, so the name chubushnik was stuck behind the shrub. As a result of breeding work, many varieties of terry jasmine were bred. It is worth noting that non-double jasmine varieties have a fragrant aroma, no worse than real jasmine, and occupy the third place in terms of aroma strength after rose and lilac.

Plant varieties, common varieties

Terry jasmine species are very popular with gardeners because of their decorative properties. Among the 60 breeding varieties, the most common are:

• Virginal;
• Glacier;
• Blizzard;
• Ermine mantle;
• Shneesturm;
• Minnesota Snowflake;
• Pyramidal;
• Moonlight;
• Coronary.

Virginal is a shrub up to 3 meters tall with large flowers. Flowering occurs twice a year, subject to proper plant care. A distinctive characteristic of the variety is the presence of a sweet, rather strong aroma, which is not typical for other types of terry chubushnik.

Variety Virginal

Glacier. The peculiarities are manifested in large inflorescences (up to 1.5 m in length) of fragrant flowers. Thanks to such clusters of numerous petals, the plant looks amazing. After flowering, the inflorescences are unaesthetic, so they are removed from the bush.

Blizzard. A low-growing variety of Russian-bred shrubs, completely covered with snow-white flowers, from a distance resembling drifts of snow. One gets the impression that the leaves are covered with snow.

blizzard

The ermine mantle is a type of low shrub (up to 1.8 m in height) with a long flowering period, the drooping branches are decorated with creamy white flowers with a light strawberry aroma.

Chubushnik Ermine Mantle

Shneeshturm is a fast-growing shrub, reaching 3 m in height, with white double inflorescences, emitting a refreshing fruity aroma, on hanging shoots.

Jasmine Schneeshturm

Jasmine Minnesota snowflake grows up to 2 m in height.This plant variety is distinguished from the rest by the dense double flowers of snow-white color, collected in inflorescences of 2-3 pieces.

Minnesota snowflake

Pyramidal is a variety whose shrub reaches three meters in height. It differs from other species in late flowering. The flowers have a crystal white color with a subtle scent.

Chubushnik Pyramidal

Moonlight is distinguished by a huge number of small pompom flowers that exude a delicate strawberry aroma, and the leaves seem to shimmer in the moonlight, which is why this variety got its name.

Garden Jasmine Moonlight

The main advantage of the Crown Chubushnik is a pink spot in the middle of the flower, the flowers are usually non-double, but large and with a strong aroma.

Chubushnik flower of Coronary

Jasmine garden: planting and care in the open field

Chubushnik is an unpretentious plant and any novice gardener will effortlessly cope with planting and caring for ornamental shrubs, observing several agrotechnical rules.

Landing

First of all, you need to choose the right place for planting the seedling. The plant loves well-lit areas. If planted in the shade, flowering will be less abundant and short-lived. The shrub does not like swampy soil, so it is worth taking care of drainage from broken bricks or gravel. The soil should be loose and rich in fertilizing.

Jasmine planting and care in the open field involves the preparation of a planting pit half a meter wide and deep. A drainage layer and soil mixed with 30 g of nitroammofoska are laid out at the bottom of the pit. Saplings are planted neatly, leveling its roots. Soil is sprinkled on top, compacted and watered abundantly. After that, it is recommended to cover the root zone with a peat layer to retain moisture. Spring or early autumn is the best time to plant a decorative mock-orange.

Planting a seedling in the ground

Plant care

Terry jasmine is not capricious in its care, it is important not to allow increased soil moisture, regularly feed with organic matter and minerals, and carry out sanitary and formative pruning. Mandatory procedures:

• Watering. Water for irrigation should be settled and warmed up. Watering schedule: no more than 2 times a week, and in a rainy day, 1 watering per week is enough. For one full watering, an adult shrub needs 20-30 liters of water. Watering with cool water can cause the development of infectious diseases.
• Weeding. Carry out around the trunk of an ornamental plant as needed, ridding it of weeds. Loosening with mulching is carried out several times a season. This technique protects the soil from drying out.
• Top dressing. It is carried out only in the 2nd year after planting the plant in open ground. For plant nutrition, organic fertilizers (manure) and mineral fertilizers (superphosphates, potassium sulfate and urea) are used for lush flowering.
• Pruning. Sanitary pruning is carried out every year in early spring, old, dry, weak branches and all wilted flowers are removed. Once every 5-6 years, rejuvenating pruning is done, cutting off almost all the branches. Decorative pruning is necessary to form the crown and give the plant a well-groomed appearance.

Pruning a chubushnik is the most important element of care

Care for jasmine terry in winter

You don't have to worry about adult jasmine shrubs in winter, because the plant belongs to frost-resistant species. In case of minor frostbite during spring pruning, everything will be removed. When a lot of snow adheres to the branches, it must be carefully shaken off so that the branches do not break.

Young plants planted this season need more preparation for winter.It is worth insulating the root zone with peat, compost or soil, and tying up the shrub itself and covering it with agrofibre or burlap.

Preparing a bush for winter

Some gardeners in a European climate prefer to grow a winter-flowering variety of jasmine - holo-flowered. This cold-loving plant pleases with its flowers even before the leaves appear from mid-winter to mid-spring, which is why it got this name.

Flower reproduction methods

Gardeners use several methods to breed their favorite variety of decorative mock-orange:

• layering;
• dividing the bush;
• cuttings;
• seeds.

The easiest way to get a new plant with the help of layering is when a lot of young growth appears around the bush in spring. It is used for breeding.

When propagating by cuttings, both young and woody shoots are used. Green cuttings are prepared in early June, planting them in a greenhouse, and lignified cuttings are prepared in the fall, after the foliage has fallen off, landing in a greenhouse for rooting takes place in the spring. Seed propagation is practically not carried out at home, since this is a laborious process, and flowers in such plants will appear only in the 8th year.

Diseases and pests

Terry jasmine is a plant resistant to diseases and pests. The bush should still be examined for the presence of parasites (aphids, weevils, spider mites) for prevention. When these appear on the chubushnik, it should be treated with insecticides. For prophylaxis, jasmine is sprayed during spring treatment with a solution of laundry soap. The sanitation technique will exclude the appearance of diseases and pests on the flower.

Chubushnik bush

Terry chubushnik is easy to grow in the backyard, this makes it possible to use it in the landscape design of the garden. It is enough to choose the right variety for a certain climate, properly care for the plant, and then the jasmine will thank you with magnificent flowering throughout the season.