Pink jasmine

What the sources say about its care

Sources file this plant under other names: Jasminum species (ASPCA, genus only). Citations below point at the name its source uses.

Light

Full sun, Partial shade

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Water

Well-drained

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Humidity

No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.

ASHRAE recommends indoor relative humidity between 30% and 60% 30–60%

Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026

Temperature

How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.

H2 — 1–5°C 1–5 °C

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Soil

Chalk, Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Toxic to cats

Listed as non-toxic

ASPCA names the genus (Jasminum species), not the species.

ASPCA, filed as Jasminum species · read 13 September 2026

Toxic to dogs

Listed as non-toxic

ASPCA names the genus (Jasminum species), not the species.

ASPCA, filed as Jasminum species · read 13 September 2026

Harmful to people

No statement of harm to people is published for this plant; that absence is not evidence it is safe.

RHS · read 13 September 2026

How it usually goes wrong

Buds form and fall before they open

The pink jasmine sets buds normally, and they yellow at the stalk and drop before they colour.

Its source places it in full sun, partial shade. A bud formed in that light and then turned away from it, or left in drying compost, is the first thing the plant gives up.

Telling it apart: When the buds dropped. Within days of a move or a dry spell is the change; buds that drop with nothing changed point at uneven watering or pests on the buds.

RHSPink jasmine leaves falling off: causes

Dry, curled edges on leaves near a heater

Leaves on the side of the pink jasmine nearest a heater or vent brown at the edges while those on the far side stay clean.

Dry air takes water from the leaf surface continuously, and the tissue at the edge is last in the queue for what the roots send up. Penn State Extension notes there is no single humidity figure that suits every indoor plant.

Telling it apart: Where the plant stands. Browning concentrated on the side facing a heater points at the air.

Penn State ExtensionDiagnose brown tips and edges on this Pink jasmine

Leaves soften and curl inward

The pink jasmine hangs evenly all over, and the compost has gone pale and hard. Nothing is spotted or rotten; the plant is simply short of water.

Its source describes well-drained soil. Below that the cells lose pressure, and pressure is what holds a leaf out straight.

Telling it apart: Whether water runs straight through. Compost dried hard sheds water down the sides, which is itself a sign of drought.

RHSDiagnose a soft, mushy stem on this Pink jasmine

Whitened areas where the sun falls longest

The pink jasmine shows pale, dry patches only where direct sun reaches, often with a sharp edge between damaged and healthy tissue.

Sun through a window on a still day heats a leaf far above the air around it. Its source describes full sun, partial shade; the glass adds the heat that does the damage.

Telling it apart: The edge of the damage. Scorch has a sharp boundary; rot and infection have a soft, spreading one.

RHSPink jasmine leaves falling off: causes

Not sure which it is? Ask the diagnosis questions for Pink jasmine.

Routine care

Propagation

Take semi-ripe cuttings in summer; layer in autumn.

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Pruning

After flowering, thin crowded growth; under glass, restrictive pruning may be needed.

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Pests and diseases

Under glass, mealybugs, scale insects and aphids can occur. Diseases: rarely, honey fungus.

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Photographs

About the plant

Native range

SC. China to Myanmar

World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.

Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026

SW China

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Climate

subtropical

World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.

Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026

Growth form

climber

World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.

Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026

Climbing (evergreen)

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Size

Height 4-8 metres; spread 1.5-2.5 metres after 5–10 years

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Flowering

Flowers white in spring and winter

RHS · read 13 September 2026

Common problems with Pink jasmine

• Leaves falling off

Other Jasminum

• Primrose jasmineSourced care, difficulty not yet judged

More of the Oleaceae family

• OliveA thin dry rim that crumbles between the fingers

Plants with similar care

• African violetBrown tips on the newest leaves first
• Bigleaf hydrangeaA thin dry rim that crumbles between the fingers
• Bird of paradiseCrisp margins that appear in winter
• Busy LizzieBrown brittle margins with a green centre
• Calla lilyEdges of the leaves brown while the middle stays sound
• CamelliaBrown brittle margins with a green centre

Sources

• ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
• Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
• Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
• RHS · read 13 September 2026
• Wikipedia · read 13 September 2026

What this does not cover

The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.

Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.

If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.