Jasminum nudiflorum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Jasminum nudiflorum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Jasminum nudiflorum, lindl. (J. Sieboldianum, Blume). Twiggy nearly erect shrub with 4-angled glabrous stiff brancnlets: lvs. opposite, small, with 3 little ovate ciliate lfts., the entire foliage falling in autumn or when the growth is completed: fls. solitary, in early spring (or winter), from long, scaly buds, subtended by several or many small If .-like bracts, yellow; calyx-lobes leafy and spreading or reflexed, shorter than the corolla-tube; corolla-seems, obovate, often wavy. China. B.R. 32:48. B.M. 4649. R.H. 1852:201. G.C. III. 11:181. G.W. 15, p. 300. H.F.2:64. J.F.3:320. var. aureum, hort., has yellow-variegated foliage.—A most interesting species, reminding one of forsythia when in bloom. Hardy south of Washington, and blooming nearly all winter. With protection, it will stand as far north as Hudson River valley, and bloom very early in spring. In northern glasshouses, used mostly as a late winter and early spring bloomer. Strong-growing specimens need support. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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