Jasminum nudiflorum Bob McCartney The species behind this oddity

The species behind this oddity is no ordinary shrub

and because bloom comes on new growth

The shrub reaches four to eight feet where winters are mild

Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva' is the aristocrat of the pink magnolias

belonging instead to the Cistaceae

Jasminum nudiflorum Bob McCartney The species behind this oddityJasminum nudiflorum, the winter jasmine, is the great cold weather bloomer of the genus, a deciduous scrambling shrub from western China that opens bright yellow, six petaled flowers on bare green stems in the depth of winter, often from January into March, long before the leaves return. The name says as much: nudiflorum, the naked flowering jasmine, blooming on stripped, leafless wands. Unlike the perfumed white jasmines, winter jasmine is scentless,