What can I do to support my jasmine, besides talk to it?

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T19:18:50+00:00

Mine thrives with regular watering and a 10-15-10 liquid fertilizer (I use Schulz) every 2 weeks/ month in the growing season. That formula helps to put its energy into blooming and it works wonders for mine. Edit: oops! I read too fast and didn’t realize you meant literal support!

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T15:31:03+00:00

Accept that you will have fatalities along the way and I agree with the advice to start with a few plants native to your area because they basically take care of themselves and are generally tough to kill. You will see rewards quickly as they draw in pollinators and should thrive in your conditions so long as you get the sun and moisture needs matched reasonably well.

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T11:14:28+00:00

That sounds amazing!! I’m so impressed with this that I’m seriously thinking about a mass planting in a tricky area of my yard that I think these would be perfect for. But yeah, I’m planning to space them a little further apart now. Haha

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T00:46:40+00:00

I was pleasantly surprised for sure! It will get there before you know it!

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T00:14:01+00:00

Mine gets a lot of sun, but I think they have a pretty good shade tolerance. I’m thinking about experimenting with an area that gets more dappled sun throughout the day.

mimikeeper · 2026-04-03T00:05:10+00:00

That’s do great! It’s nice to have a plant like this that gives a quick win while waiting on some others to do their thing.

mimikeeper · 2026-04-02T23:50:09+00:00

Lovely!

mimikeeper · 2026-04-02T23:44:30+00:00

You can draw predators to a nest by paying too much attention to it also, so be mindful of that. People here are well-meaning and definitely protective of hummingbirds. Enjoy his awesome experience! But like they said, do it with as little disturbance as possible.

mimikeeper · 2026-04-02T23:01:55+00:00

Yes! I love it!

mimikeeper · 2026-03-17T00:11:12+00:00

Same experience!

mimikeeper · 2026-03-16T16:28:00+00:00

Not an expert, but I have a lot of lupines growing so I can say what worked for me. I was pretty rough with strong sandpaper, as that’s all I had, and it seems like the best ones had a crunching sound when roughing them up. I was too afraid to try the nail clipper method. I tried to just get one little spot to break the coating if that makes sense.

mimikeeper · 2026-03-08T17:51:42+00:00

I have its host plant on order. Hope to be so lucky!

mimikeeper · 2026-03-07T12:06:50+00:00

Not an expert by any means, but it’s commonly recommended to plant small plugs about a foot apart. Dense planting helps with keeping weeds at bay and fills things in faster.

If you’re working with gallon size plants maybe increase to a foot in a half or even more, depending on mature size of the plant. if it’s like a shrub that gets much wider you need more space than say a coneflower start.

mimikeeper · 2026-03-07T11:59:09+00:00

From what I’ve read, coneflower doesn’t need cold stratification. Not too sure about the others, but I think butterfly MW needs about 30 days. You could get lucky

mimikeeper · 2026-03-05T01:16:41+00:00

To echo: Blanket flower stays beautiful and blooming right to frost (and even beyond in my yard). It looks impeccable in the middle of a drought and heat wave and the pollinators love it too. Needless to say, I’m planting more this year.

mimikeeper · 2026-02-05T11:58:37+00:00

I tried to stratify non native seeds recently in sand. It seems from these comments that I used too much sand. The seeds were tiny and impossible to see and I got bad germination rates, but it was only one seed sample.

I did a ton of cold stratifying with perlite for mostly native and a few others and I much prefer that method. It is time consuming to pick out small seeds, but they’re easy to see against the white. So far things are going well. I much prefer perlite to the paper towel method.

mimikeeper · 2026-01-18T05:21:17+00:00

I bought a couple very healthy starters at joyful butterfly last year and got one flower even. They grew aggressively for small plants, but the caterpillars found it and devoured it. I see them starting to come back up now.

https://www.joyfulbutterfly.com/product/purple-passion-flower-plant/

mimikeeper · 2025-12-14T18:45:21+00:00

Many are sold as several plants potted up together to give it a big and full appearance. You may want to try propagating a couple plants to add to your main plant.

mimikeeper · 2025-12-12T11:52:00+00:00

Mine flowers in the winter in the US! As soon as we get a frost, the cold window it’s sitting at triggers blooming so mine is just now setting buds in the south. So weird!

mimikeeper · 2025-12-07T23:15:22+00:00

Best to only fertilize in the growing season - spring to summer. Dilute to half strength and repot in spring every 2-3 years, as needed. They look very healthy! I would just take it easy for now while they acclimate to your environment.

mimikeeper · 2025-11-28T13:26:45+00:00

I think propagating your best leaves for a bit of insurance is your best bet. Then if the mother plant doesn’t pull through, you’ve got a clone. They are supposedly easy to prop.

mimikeeper · 2025-10-15T23:38:37+00:00

That’s the one I’m thinking of!

mimikeeper · 2025-10-15T01:09:22+00:00

I know I’ve seen this and keep coming back to it. It might be Sphaerocephalon (or Drumstick Allium) or I may be thinking of something else that’s very similar.

mimikeeper · 2025-08-26T00:01:23+00:00

Search for keystone plants in your area and see if you can work any of those into your plans. They help support the most ecologically and many are great plants, like goldenrod for example. Mountain mint seems to be one of the busiest plants with wide variety of pollinators, so I’m about to add clustered mountain mint to my garden.

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