General Description | Jasminum nudiflorum or Winter Jasmine is a trailing, viny shrub branching from a central crown, with trifoliolate, dark green leaves and bright yellow flowers blooming in winter. |
ID Characteristic | Bright yellow, five-petalled flowers, many to a stem, blooming from December to March. |
Landscape | Can be trained to climb a trellis or wall. Makes excellent ground cover to fill an empty area requiring some colour. It may also be planted to cascade over elevated areas. |
Propagation | Rooting through layering of shoots in contact with the ground is quite easy. |
Cultivation | Ideally plant in full sun to part shade, in well-drained, alkaline soil although it is very tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions. Winter prune, cutting back vigorous or unbranched flowered stems to strong sideshoots to stimulate lower development of lateral shoots. At the same time thin out crossing and overcrowded branches, including weak, twiggy growth. The plant is tolerant of rejuvinative pruning and thus can be cut back to about 50 cm. If this practice is undertaken full flowering will resume in about three years. |
Pests | No pests or diseases of note. |
Notable Specimens | The Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri, United States of America. |
Bark/Stem Description | Stems are very smooth, green and quite slim in the first year of growth. The following year, stems turn brown and become more sturdy. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Primarily green to red-brown with scales.
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Leaf Description | Pinnately compound, deep green, narrow towards the ends, up to 3 cm long, trifoliolate. |
Flower Description | Bright yellow, non-fragrant, five-petalled, 1 cm in diameter. It flowers on the pervious seasons growth.
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Fruit Description | Small and black. |
Colour Description | Stems are green in the first year of growth turning brown during subsequent years. Deep green leaves in spring and summer and bright yellow flowers in winter months. |
Texture Description | Fine in texture, does not change throughout the year. |