Winter jasmine is a slender, deciduous, trailing shrub from China that bears bright yellow flowers on bare stems from November to March. It is grown for winter colour and is easy to train against a wall or let spill over a bank.
Family
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the soil dries out at the surface, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Any well-drained garden soil, tolerant of most types.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; tolerates cold well.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Tibet to C. China
Climate
temperate
About
Jasminum nudiflorum, the winter jasmine, is a slender, deciduous shrub native to China (Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang (Tibet), Yunnan). The flower's blossoming peaks right after winter, which is why it is also named Yingchun (迎春) in Chinese, which means "the flower that welcomes Spring". It is widely cultivated as an ornamental and is reportedly naturalized in France and in scattered locations in the United States (Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland and New Jersey).
How to grow it
Jasminum nudiflorum is valued by gardeners as one of the few plants that are in flower during the winter months. It is frequently trained against a wall to provide extra warmth and shelter, but also lends itself to groundcover. It tolerates hard pruning and should be pruned in spring immediately after flowering; regular pruning will help to prevent bare patches. It can also be grown as a bonsai and is very tolerant of the wiring methods. It likes full sun or partial shade and is hardy.
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Where it grows
It is native to China. It is found within many Provinces of China, (including Guangxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang (also referred to as Tibet) and Yunnan.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.