 Jasminum nudiflorum
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- common names: jasmine
- flowering season: winter
- height: needs support to grow taller, up to 12 feet
- Light requirements: sun or partial shade
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: lax and trailing unless given support to grow upwards
- How to propagate: the lax shoots often will root into the ground on their own -- and can be transplanted; tip cuttings in summer
- Leaf type: small green leaves; not evergreen
- Ways to use it: will cover a trellis, or fence; spilling down an embankment; pruned as a free-standing shrub
- Special characteristics: because the flowers do not open all at once, if you cut a branch for a winter bouquet it will only have a few scattered flowers but still will make a good addition to a winter bouquet
With long slender, pliable stems that can reach to twelve feet or more, it grows well as either a vine or as a bush. It doesn't grow upwards as a vine without the help of tying it to a support or weaving it through the support. When grown as a bush it also needs some support when young. Unlike most jasmines, its yellow flowers are not scented. Despite this it is an unusually ornamental plant because it blooms for so many months of winter into spring. A large plant of this jasmine resembles forsythia. However it is much better than forsythia for its graceful habit, and earlier and longer bloom. Popularly known as winter jasmine, it is cold hardy in USDA Zones 6 - 9. |
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