Jasmine 'Clotted Cream' - is it dead?

Strange , it usually die back in cold winter but shoot back in spring , but this year my one it didn`t die at all , it`s still green and healthy.
I wouldn`t blame the rain or frost.

 

Hello John

I believe 'Clotted Cream' is just a yellow-toned selection of Jasminum officinale. As such, it should be a tough as old boots. I have heard it described as slightly tender, but mine went through two consecutive arctic winters without any problem at all. We've had no really hard, prolonged frost in this part of Kent yet so mine still has a lot of leaves on it. But it does drop its foliage when it gets cold - so maybe your plant has just been a bit more exposed to frost than mine. I'm sure it'll be fine in the spring. If you chop through a bare stem you'll probably find it is green and healthy inside. The chances are you'll be struggling to keep it in check inside a couple of seasons! As yours is a fairly new plant, you might want to give the roots a nice mulch, just in case the weather takes a nosedive.

 

Now that I remember well ...actually my one looked like your the first years I planted it ....It was in part of an offer , cream/pink and white jasmine ....
the white grew really fast but died last year , the pink it`s industractable and the cream it`s there , not even 1/4 the size of the pink and they where planted at the same time.
leave it don`t touch it....wait for spring.

 

Well it looks like it has a Headstone, so yes it could possibly be WELL err DEAD

Jack McH

 

JWK, how is your Jasmine looking now?

I planted one of these last year too. It was very small, possibly around 400mm tall and it was planted in mid July.
It grew quickly and loved the spot which killed a Clematis Montana and nearly killed a Star Jasmine. It's quite a shaded area and before this new plant, there was an over watering problem.

I came on here today to ask a similar question to you, mine looks like it took a bashing from the cold by the looks of it. It also went well into the Winter before looking so rough. But the vines themselves look perfectly fine. So I'm hoping it's just a lazy deep sleeper.

It's not the beginning of Spring until the end of the month yet, but I already have some early risers. The two cherry plum trees I have are smothered in white blossom. My Virginia Creeper (in full sun) has new leaf nodes all over it.

Yet there's nothing on my Jasmine Clotted Cream apart from a couple of leaves that look relatively unscathed and dead crinkly remnants of leaves.

Fingers crossed it does something soon. Sal73 has given me hope anyway. It looks like an ideal plant for what I want.

 

Jasmine is always late to make new leaves ... i.e. they only start re-growing late in spring

They are pretty tough and if the cold has damaged that one, it may form new shoots from the roots

 

Likely to keep its leaves in a mild winter though I think? (if we get those every again ...)