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Winter jasmine is a rambling, diffuse shrub with slender, arching stems and four-angled green branchlets that bear opposite compound leaves with three leaflets. The glossy dark green leaflets are oblong and about 1 in (2.5 cm) in length. Bright yellow, unscented, funnel shaped flowers about 1 in (2.5 cm) wide are produced in late winter and early spring before the leaves appear. Winter jasmine grows in a mound that can get 6-10 ft (1.8-3.1 m) tall with a similar spread. Where they touch moist soil, the long trailing branches will root and produce new plants. Several cultivars are available: 'Aureum' has yellow blotches on the leaves; 'Nanum' is a slow-growing, dwarf form.
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Do you want masses of bright yellow flowers on leafless green shoots when almost nothing else is blooming? Use winter jasmine where you want some color in early spring when most everything else is still dormant and brown. Even in the dead of winter, the willowy green stems are conspicuous and attractive. Winter jasmine is a good choice for poor soils, on slopes, or above retaining walls where the long trailing branches can cascade. Prune winter jasmine back severely every 3-4 years to rejuvenate if you want to keep it as a specimen shrub. Or, it can be trained on a trellis or tied to a wall where it can get more than 15 ft (4.6 m) tall. Don't plant winter jasmine along an east-facing wall, however, as it seems to do poorly with early morning sun.
Features Another winter blooming jasmine with yellow flowers is the primrose jasmine (J. mesnyi) which is similar in appearance but is less cold hardy and has fragrant blossoms.
Steve Christman 3/16/00; updated 1/9/04
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