I'm in Houston but lost all of mine during winter. So in my opinion bringing it inside would be the best option. I got a small one a month ago and plan to bring it in when the Temps drop

I overwinter my jasmine in a west window of an unheated upstairs bedroom. Never had mites or any other insect issues. Lowest temps might be 50-55F.

tj

Ladybug, thank you. I too have lost many but had to learn the proper care of these. It seems they do poorly , just hang on until spring then go bananas once they are outside.

Tsugajunkie, are you talking about all jasmine of this particular species?

I winter all of my others on a cold porch, usually don't into the 40's with all my citrus and many other tropicals. Figs too. But I have yet to try this 'night time blooming jasmine'. I wonder if they can handle the same temps and go on teh same porch as my others? If they would just slow growth and go semi, dormant?

I take you are talking about Cestrum Nocturnum i do two things every winter the main plant is moved into a frost free greenhouse temps just above freezing ( you may lose a few leaves or all the leaves but aslong as the stems dont die it will regrow fast in spring) but be careful of watering and watch the humitity! I have found that lower temps and high humidity leads to moulds on Cestrum Nocturnum. The second thing i do is take 1 or 2 cuttings and put them in a glass of water and place them in a sunny window they will root within a few weeks and i often leave them in the glass of water until early spring and then pot them up

Yes, the Cestrum Nocturnum is exactly the plant I mean. I will read above now. Thank you

I need to see if they can handle staying in colder temps until spring or if it is better to keep warm in the house.

Fragrant, great. I really appreciate that. I have just the greenhouse for it then and will root a couple of cuttings. Great idea.

I never let anything freeze in the greenhouse. IT gets to about 35 to 40 at the lowest temps all winter but lots of sunlight for what we get. I also keep a fan running 24 hours a day. From what you are saying, I think it would be a good idea to prevent the leaves from getting wet into the night in the winter too.

It does go semidormant in winter. I used to bring it in and even at 60-70 and some lights, it would shed leaves and go semi-dormant. It is supposed to be able to even take some frost. I lost it last winter while I was away and it was in a unheated apartment but in front of a sunny window. It basically dried out after exhausting the water reservoir i had set up for it.

It does really wanna go semi-dormant in our Winter. Should be able to overwinter if kept frost free even without leaves, just don't forget to ever water over the entire winter season. Still, they are available from cuttings in the late Spring online if you fail to overwinter them, scent is unique, and some say, overpowering, usually in mid-late Summer. I am on the loving list, not a hater. Scent is evocative of all my HUMID summers past and yet to be here in NJ.

Mike, just wondering where you chose to put the cestrum and how it's doing. I'm pretty new to this plant. Last winter (and this winter) it stayed in my dining room in a partly obstructed west window with a weakish grow light. It's behaving exactly this winter as it did last... Lost most of its lower leaves (below the window) but didn't miss a beat when moved back outside in spring. And all winter it sucked up water so fast... I'd water it twice a week. Nothing is easier to root in water. One of my cuttings (which matured rapidly into a sizable plant in a few months) contracted a disease or something, I think from nearby tomatoes. But the mother plant is big and healthy, albeit sparse near the base right now. Never had pest issues.

I'd love to find out how it'd winter in the window of an unheated basement, as I do my sambac and star jasmines. Maybe I'll throw one of the daughters in the basement next fall and see what happens.