{"id":916,"date":"2011-03-01T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=916"},"modified":"2015-11-02T11:12:30","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T16:12:30","slug":"winter-jasmine-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/03\/01\/winter-jasmine-rising\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Jasmine Rising"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_921\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC_0217.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-921\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-921 \" style=\"margin: 5px;\" title=\"DSC_0217\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC_0217-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC_0217-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/DSC_0217-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Retaining wall of winter jasmine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Is the worst of winter behind us? Winter jasmine (<em>Jasminum nudiflorum<\/em>) is often confused with forsythia shrubs which bloom 3-4 weeks later in the spring. This hardy\u00a0winter blooming vine from China frequently blooms in late February and March\u00a0when daytime temperatures climb into the mid-50s for a week or more. Evening chilling temps down into the low 20\u2019s don\u2019t seem to\u00a0injure the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>This vine thrives in\u00a0many parts of the mid-Atlantic and southeastern U.S. (USDA hardiness zones 6 -8)\u00a0in full sun\u00a0to partial shade. Its dark green tri-foliate leaves are semi-evergreen in zone 6. New foliage emerges in April after flowering has ended.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of bright yellow 1 \u00bd inch tubular flowers are lightly fragrant, originating along a thick network of green stems. Winter jasmine is a very aggressive grower and is often utilized for soil retention on steep banks or to cover over an unsightly retaining wall or fence. Some gardeners grow it as a low\u00a03-4\u00a0foot tall shrubby mound, 4-5-6 feet wide.<\/p>\n<p>Winter jasmine grows in almost any soil, and demonstrates good drought tolerance once established after two years. Every 3 or 4 years rejuvenate winter jasmine by cutting back vines\u00a0severely immediately after flowering.<\/p>\n<p>Prune as needed in early spring just after flowering has finished. If planting starts to look scraggly, cut back hard to 12-18 inches and feed generously\u00a0with 10-10-10 or equivalent fertilizer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the worst of winter behind us? Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) is often confused with forsythia shrubs which bloom 3-4 weeks later in the spring. This hardy\u00a0winter blooming vine from China frequently blooms in late February and March\u00a0when daytime temperatures climb into the mid-50s for a week or more. Evening chilling temps down into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,674,645,665,602,628,601,777,630,670,455,162,671,1272],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8260,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916\/revisions\/8260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}