Jasmine is a beautiful flower and a fragrance is just rendered and adds a beauty to your garden and your home. The plant can either be a vine or a bush. The plant can grow in warmer climates with just the right amount of sunlight. Although growing jasmine is not a very simple task it will be worth the time invested in it. You will definitely love to see the flowers blossoming and spreading the fragrance in your home. Common Jasmine is usually a vine and has larger shiny green leaves than the Royal Jasmine and also has the pleasant scent. Now there are a lot of varieties of Jasmine available and it can be grown in according to the temperature and atmospheric conditions. Now let’s see the steps to grow some beautiful jasmines.
1. Before placing your jasmine plant choose a location that is warm and doesn’t have too much sunlight. Jasmine loves shade a lot than sunlight. They are vines and loves to climb up so place as support which is at least 15 feet tall.
2. Have a well fertile and draining soil. The soil should be rich in organic matter. Go for clay or organic soil such as peat as it is loose and when watered it will hold the right amount of water for your jasmine plant to grow healthily.
3. Jasmine needs a surveillance at the early stage as you have to get them climb the support. When you start to see new leaves cut off the yellow and dried leaves. Spider mites might be a problem so in order to get rid of that use horticultural oil or neem oil if necessary.
4. If you are growing indoors then dwarf jasmine would be a perfect choice. It requires more moisture and more sunlight in your home. So place this in a spot where you will get a lot of sunlight. Since the potted plants would not be able to get more nutrients you will need to fertilize it annually.
5. Arabian Jasmine would perfect for your indoor as well as outdoors. Once grown fully they will have the ability to produce flowers throughout the year. You can make your own perfume by putting the plants in the hot water before bathing and they prove to be a great scent. You can do this if you like to give a little treat for yourself.
6. Lotions made from Jasmine flowers are wonderful for treating sunburns and rashes. The juices of Jasmine flowers are said to moisturize your skin and give a young look and feel preventing wrinkles.
7. Jasmine flowers have great uses in the field of aromatherapy. The scent of Jasmine flowers is used as an anti- depressed and to relieve stress. Also, Jasmine is mainly used in making essential oils.
8. Along with these Jasmine is used for treating headaches, irritability, sunstrokes, anxiety, depression and uterine problems. These flowers are also used to treat fresh cuts and to clean scraps. The flowers have high healing power.
9. Jasmine tea is a herbal tea which has many medicinal benefits. The benefits include reducing the risk of heart attacks, prevention of diabetes, preventing cancer, reducing stress, improving the digestive process, lowering cholesterol, and easing out chronic inflammation like muscle aches and pains.
So, Jasmine is not just beautiful plant adding beauty and sweet fragrance to your home but also it is of so many medicinal benefits. Enjoy your time growing this wonderful plant.
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