Scientific Name: Jasminum nudiflorum
Common Name: winter jasmine
Family Name: Oleaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Shrub - deciduous, Vine - deciduous
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Irregular
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Arbors or trellis, Erosion control, Spring interest, Winter interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Opposite, Palmate venation, Tomentose, Trifoliate (ternate), Oblong, Orbicular, Ovate, Serrulate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jan-Feb
Fruit: Berry (true), Black, Mar-Apr
Key ID Features:
Upright arching deciduous vine/shrub; stems square, green; leaves trifoliate, leaflets 3 oblong-ovate, most 1-3cm long x 0.5-2cm wide, glossy green; flowers bright yellow, salverform, <2cm, (4-)6 petals, Jan-Feb. Winter ID: whip-like green ribbed stems, glossy red buds then flowers. Winter ID: twigs green, 4-sided, twining, internode grooves alternate; buds opposite; flower buds or flowers.