How to Grow Peacock Jasmine

Growing Peacock Jasmine by Layering

• 1

  Select a suitable vine for layering from the side of a mature, well-established peacock jasmine. Choose one with a healthy stem and foliage but no flower buds.

• 2

  Bend the vine down towards the ground so that a 2-inch-long section rests flat against the soil. Dig a 3-inch-deep hole using a garden trowel at the point where the bent vine touches the ground.

• 3

  Lightly scrape the underside of the peacock jasmine vine using a utility knife. Scrape away a 1/2-inch portion of bark to expose the cambium, or vascular inner bark.

• 4

  Coat the scraped area of the peacock jasmine vine with 0.3-percent IBA rooting hormone. Apply the hormone with a small brush or dab it on with a cotton swab.

• 5

  Place the hormone-coated portion of the peacock jasmine vine into the prepared hole. Hold the vine in place while filling the hole with loosened soil. Place a large stone or brick on the soil above the vine to anchor it down.

• 6

  Water the peacock jasmine vine to a depth of 3 inches immediately after burying it. Decrease watering to 1 inch every five days after that.

• 7

  Check for root growth in 14 to 21 days. Sever the vine connecting the rooted cutting to the parent plant using a utility knife once it is rooted. Cut the vine flush with the surface of the soil.

• 8

  Dig up the rooted peacock jasmine vine using a garden trowel. Pot it in a large plastic container filled with standard garden soil, transplant it to a different area of the garden or leave it to grow where it was rooted.

Growing Peacock Jasmine with Cuttings

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  Prepare a pot before taking cuttings from the peacock jasmine plant. Mix equal measures coir or peat moss with perlite. Fill a 4-inch plastic pot with the mixture. Wet the mixture with 1 cup of water.

• 10

  Select a cutting from a vine with mature wood. Measure out a 5- to 7-inch-long portion of the vine. Make the cut at a slight angle using a utility knife or a pair of sharp scissors.

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  Cut off the bottom set of leaves. Dip the base of the peacock jasmine cutting into 0.3-percent IBA rooting hormone to help encourage the production of roots.

• 12

  Push the hormone-coated base of the peacock jasmine cutting into the prepared rooting pot. Press it in until the lower leaves rest 1/8 inch above the surface of the soil. Pinch the soil firmly against the vine.

• 13

  Place the potted peacock jasmine cutting somewhere with filtered sunlight, protection from the wind and temperatures above 68 degrees F. Mist the cutting with a plant mister at least three times a day to keep the foliage hydrated, or place the pot under an intermittent misting system inside a greenhouse with 50-percent shade cloth.

• 14

  Check for roots in 14 to 21 days by gently pulling on the base of the vine to feel for resistance. Repot the rooted peacock jasmine vine into a large nursery container filled with rich potting soil or a mixture of equal parts compost and garden soil.

• 15

  Keep the peacock jasmine plant in half sun for one to two weeks before planting it in a permanent bed.