This is a winter frenzy with golden flowers. Jasmine is a little-known but extremely attractive ornamental shrub or vine. When grown on supports as a vine, it can reach a height of about 4 meters. However, when treated as a shrub, it grows to 1.5 meters. It blooms at a very unusual time - WINTER. It comes from northern China. The plant has small, but fragrant flowers.

Uses: It is a plant suitable for covering walls, posts, ornamental trellises, or pergolas. It also works well as a low shrub that grows freely. The freely hanging shoots are a beautiful decoration for stairs, railings, or balustrades, and also create a lovely, fragrant calling card for the house. It is perfect for all types of containers. Jasmine can also be treated as a cascading plant. If planted on a slope or wall, it will cascade down, especially impressive during flowering.

Flowering: It blooms in winter, for a very long period. The first small golden-yellow tubular flowers appear on the shrubs in late October, and flowering continues gradually until the end of April, with breaks during frosty periods. The flowers are spaced individually along the entire length of the flexible, thin, and leafless shoots. The flowers are not very large, but they release a pleasant fragrance. During flowering, jasmine can be combined with early spring plants such as hellebores or laurels planted under the shrub. After flowering, the plant releases dark green, shiny, three-lobed, very ornamental leaves that last throughout the season and fall off before winter. The shoots can be shaped freely, creating picturesque garlands.

Care: Jasmine does not produce climbing organs, so it needs to be tied up to climb. It requires a sunny, warm, sheltered spot. The soil should be well-drained, fertile, rather dry, with a neutral or alkaline pH. Jasmine is sensitive to severe frosts. In winter, it should be protected—cover the base of the shrub with leaves and the shoots with straw or mats.

Pruning: Shoots with flower buds can be cut in winter and brought indoors, where they will bloom. Prune the shoots to half their length immediately after flowering. This will encourage branching and more abundant flowering.