{"id":684,"date":"2025-01-27T07:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/hortfarm\/?p=684"},"modified":"2025-01-27T07:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T12:52:37","slug":"winter-jasmine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/hortfarm\/2025\/01\/winter-jasmine\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Jasmine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/forsyth\/2021\/12\/bolo-winter-blooming-plants\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/hortfarm\/files\/2025\/01\/Winter-Jasmine-e1669230057623-300x224-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-683\" style=\"width:422px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by: <em>Heather N. Kolic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002Winter jasmine is a sprawling, deciduous, perennial shrub in the olive family (Oleaceae). It is native to Tibet and central China. The specific epithet, <em>nudiflorum, <\/em>means \u201cnaked flowering\u201d and highlights the fact that the flowers appear before the leaves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Winter jasmine prefers full sun to partial shade. It will grow in heavy shade, but the floral display will be reduced. It prefers well-drained soils, but it is adaptable to a variety of soil types and does well in poor soils. The cane-like, rapid growth creates colonies that look messy if unpruned. It can be rejuvenated by severe pruning after flowering. When pruning, keep in mind that flowers will appear on old (last year\u2019s) growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Winter jasmine grows up to 4 feet tall. If it is grown as a vine, it will reach 10 to 15 feet tall and 3 to 6 feet wide. It has long arching branches and willowy stems. In January or February, bright yellow tubular or funnel-shaped blooms appear before the leaves have emerged. The shrub makes a dense green mound during the summer. This plant roots easily where arching branches touch the soil. The leaves are opposite and have trifoliate leaves. The stems are square and green. If fruits occur, they are shiny, black, lobed berries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Winter jasmine is closely related to another yellow-flowered jasmine, primrose jasmine (<em>J. mesnyi<\/em>). The difference between the two is that the leaves are deciduous and appear after flowering in winter jasmine, whereas the leaves of primrose jasmine are evergreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Consider the winter jasmine for mass plantings as a ground cover for slopes or banks. It may be used on a terrace or stone walls as a trailing vine. Training the vine to grow on a trellis, pergolas, or support structure will add interest to the late winter landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Winter jasmine breeding is almost non-existent due to its utilitarian\u00a0nature&#8230;.it&#8217;s a blue collared plant that&#8217;s typically used for soil erosion control or used in mass plantings like a ground cover&#8230;hence the lack of genetic variability.\u00a0 There are a few cultivars in the trade:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jasminum nudiflorum <\/em>&#8216;Mystique&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A variety of <em>Jasminum nudiflorum<\/em> with variegated cream and green leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The flowers are bright yellow and wavy-petaled<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can be trained to grow on a trellis or obelisk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can be used as a ground cover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Heather N. 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