There's an old post, either here or in the fragrant forum, about this. For whatever reason, NBJ just does so much better in the ground than it does in pots. In the ground, it can take full afternoon sun in zone 10 and is not a water glutton. In pots, they need more filtered light and lots of water.

I will keep an eye on it for the next couple of days. Good info. I also noticed yellow leaves so signs of overwatering perhaps? There was a burst of blooms last week but all of flowers have fallen off now. Should I expect burst of blooms then regrowth again? It's definitely a lot of trial and error. And I appreciate all the help/advice. I love a fragrant garden and I really want to take care of this plant.

Yes, it flushes about every 3 or 4 weeks.

Sounds like overwatering to me. They are vigorous growers, so when you put it into the ground, make sure it has ample room to spread out. It's probably rootbound in the pot by now. Let it dry out for a couple of days. Don't worry about the yellow leaves. They do that sometimes, but you probably are overwatering.

I would also say it's being overwatered. I grew up in Boca. We had night blooming jasmine that ran the length of our back fence and all day sun.

I have a question, about night blooming jasmine, maybe you could advise me.

i brought a very small clipping from LA to New Jersey 5years ago. It took well in a planter and I have successfully repotted x2. I winter it indoors but it (usually) loves to be on my back deck in the summer months. So summer is good then I bring indoors over the winter months, the leaves fall off and it’s stick for a good while. Then in the spring leaves come back and we do summer again. This year its around 4ft in a planter, managed to keep some leaves since last season, brought outside, lots of new leaves and yet it looks so sad. I would love to plant in the ground but don’t think it would survive the winter. Sorry for rambling, any thoughts/suggestion?

They love fish fertilizer, miracle grow, anything really. Just water them good, then fertilize. You could try some bloom booster if you want it to flower sooner.

Mine go dormant in the winter here and regrow from the roots. It cant take our cold without dying back, in 9a unless its in a greenhouse. It does come back from the roots here but in your climate it would likely die. You are doing the right thing bringing it inside. It may be dropping leaves due to lack of light and lack of humidity indoors during the winter. These plants lie it humid and indoor heaters etc make the air drier. You must be doing something right though, because you have helped it survive this long even though its going dormant in the winter.

You can take ut out of the pot and root prune it, if you want to keep it smaller. They are pretty tough. When I want to start new ones, I take about 10 , 8inch cuttings a stick them in a gallon sz pot of potting soil..keep it in semi shade and moist and they root.

Another thought, you could plant it in the ground and then dig it up and stick it in a pot for the winter. Its a lot more work though. I cut holes in the sides of my plumeria pots and sink them into the ground during spring, summer, fall..then dig up the whole pot, severing the roots that grew through the pots, and stick them in the greenhouse for the winter. Definitely work lol.