How to Propagate Winter Jasmine by Taking Advantage of Aerial Roots

You all know how much I like making new plants, but you should also know that I really like it when plants make it easy for the propagator. Many plants do just that by creating aerial roots that normally will be used to grab onto surfaces and climb. Vining plants (of course) are especially good at this like my Winter blooming jasmine. It’s also known as Jasminum nudiflorum and is an especially awesome plant because it blooms when nothing else is!

winter jasmine

Our Jasmine has bloomed both in February and March before many other plants were ready to start the spring show. If you look along the stem of the Jasmine you will see a few roots extending from one of the nodes. These are the aerial roots that are normally used for grabbing onto structures and give the plant the ability to climb up and through other plants.

aerial roots on winter jasmine

How to Propagate Winter Jasmine

Aerial roots also make winter Jasmine easy to propagate. Simply cut below the node with the roots place in your medium and keep moist. The roots will take off before you know it! The cuttings I took were about 4 to 6 inches in length and I removed all the lower leaves along the stem that were going to be under the soil.

Don’t worry if there aren’t any roots extending from the node, if you stick it they will come! Roots or no roots sticking the nodes into the rooting medium usually brings good results without rooting hormone (Amazone Aff).

Winter Jasmine roots well pretty much anytime during the growing season.

Winter jasmine cuttings

Growing Tips for Winter Jasmine

Winter Jasmine is a zone 6-10 plant and is actually considered a shrub but grows so vine like in my garden that that’s how I generally consider it. It would be easy to train on a trellis or prune it to become more of a shrub.  It seems to enjoy crawling on the ground and has a somewhat weeping habit if in shrub form. While I haven’t done this I think this would be a a great plant to train on a split rail fence or other rustic structure. It’s not a native shrub but hasn’t shown any signs of being invasive in my garden. I have it situated in a late afternoon sun location but it should do fine in full sun to part shade. Winter Jasmine also appears to be unappetizing to deer and rabbits which in my garden – IS A MUST! 

To learn about propagating a variety of plants I highly recommend this book: Propagating Plants by Alan Toogood (Amazon Aff). I have an earlier version that has been very useful to me over the years of propagating plants!

For more info on Propagating Plants on Growing The Home Garden check out Propagating Plants for Home Gardens.

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7 thoughts on “How to Propagate Winter Jasmine by Taking Advantage of Aerial Roots”

  1. I too enjoy propagating new plants. My work on the daylilies has almost become an adiction these past four years. The new one are just starteing to bloom this week. Just posted a couple of them today, many many more to come. I have hybridized over 400 never before seen daylilies and most will come blooming for the first time this month. It will be great to see what I have "created". I think that is the part I will most like, the anticipation of what is coming. See you soon again. Jack

  2. Jack,

    I dabbled a little bit this year in some hybridization. I wish the glory was a little more immediate!

    Thanks Cameron,

    Jaime,

    I have propagated a few like African violets, pothos, and peace lilies by division but I have to say I never seem to get into houseplants that much.

  3. Great idea. Love the scent of my jasmine when it blooms. The whole neighborhood smells so good. I use it as a screen at the back of my glider swing. I have to trim it to keep it in check.

  4. I love Winter Jasmine and have tried it in the past, but it did Not like my then zone 8 garden, even though I had it protected. If I tried it again, I would probably be relegated to keeping it in a pot and moving it into the garage for part of the winter or keeping it really close to the brick on the front of my house.

    Unfortunately, I don't have much luck with propegating with rooting hormone, but have had using some layering methods.

    Yael

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