Pruning summer jasmine

Busy-Lizzie

I have recently moved house and there is a very big jasminum officinale growing up the house, right up to the roof and around the guest room window. There are ants coming into the guest room and I think they could be climbing up the jasmine.

I have been reading about pruning and everyone says to prune after flowering, not at this time of year. I would like to prune it and lower the height as soon as possible. Would this harm it? Has anyone else pruned a summer flowering jasmine in winter? Thanks for advice.

Lizzie27

I don't see why not @Busy-Lizzie, you may lose some flowers this year but that's a price worth paying if you can tame the plant now. Please don't go up any tall ladders though, get somebody in to do it for you.

Busy-Lizzie

Thank you @Lizzie27, for my one, but helpful, answer. The jasmine is now pruned, shorter and thinned out. I did have to go up a ladder though!