Star jasmin.

Sounds like a plan, I would cut it back in the autumn tho, I don't know about this plant in particular, but the general rule tends to be to cut back in autumn/winter, as it is when the flowering season is over

Hope you can save the poor thing.

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Just looked up the plant and I do know it!!! I have some, it loves our meiterrranean climate (I live in northern spain - north of Barcelona, in the mountains) I would still move it in autumn tho.

I've often looked at these plants longingly but so far have resisted buying one. I think they need a sheltered, warm spot. A south facing wall or courtyard would be best. Do you have a wall it could go against?

As you live in Southend. Could it be subject to salt spray? (That's a sort of classic Gardeners Question Time answer.)

Thanks for all your replies. I've decided to cut it down, make sure I get all the root out and put it on the north facing fence with the other one which is doing lovely.

I didn't cut the jasmin down or move it. I gave it a talking to ( I often do that, and stroke my plants) What that talking to consists of is: "You either shape up or ship out"
It took onboard what I said and has decided to shape up. It is now flowering and has a lot of new growth.

I have cut down my dead Aqualigia. I want to keep a lot of the seeds for friends and family.
Do I wait until the seed heads have dried out, or can I take the seeds out now?

You should really wait for the aqualegia seed heads to mature and go brown- then cut them. Immature seeds from immature seed heads will not be very successful.