What are the growth advantages of winter jasmine? Learn it all in one article

Other names for winter jasmine

Winter jasmine has alternative names such as "golden belt", "Qingming flower" and "little yellow flower", and together with camellia, plum blossom and narcissus it is known as the "Four Friends in the Snow".

Morphological characteristics of winter jasmine

Winter jasmine originates from northwestern China in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan, and southeastern Tibet. Today it is widely cultivated around the world at altitudes of about 800-2000 m.

The branches of winter jasmine are both upright and creeping; the plants are mostly about 0.3-5 m tall, with drooping, slightly twisted branches, and the surface is smooth and hairless.

The leaves of winter jasmine are opposite leaves, with compound leaves; small branches often bear single leaves; the leaf surface is hairless, and the shape is (long) ovate or (narrow) elliptic, and some are also nearly round.

The flowers of winter jasmine mostly grow in the leaf axils of the small branches, and a few grow at the tips of the small branches. The flower bracts are small leaf-like, lanceolate, elliptic or ovate; the corolla is usually yellow, opening before the leaves emerge, and the flowering period is generally from February to April each year.

Growth habits of winter jasmine

Winter jasmine likes sunlight, and can also grow in semi-shaded environments.

In terms of temperature, it is not tolerant of severe cold, and can only overwinter safely under relatively warm and humid climatic conditions.

Winter jasmine is rather afraid of waterlogging, so it should be grown in loose, well-drained, fertile sandy soil. In terms of acidity and alkalinity, it likes acid and avoids alkali.

The flower language of winter jasmine

Winter jasmine has the beautiful meaning of "loving each other forever", and also symbolizes "tenacious vitality".