Winter
Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum
A winter surprise — bright yellow trumpets on bare stems when the rest of the garden sleeps, with the faintest honeyed warmth on a sunny afternoon.
Scent Profile
What it smells like
Perfume unfolds in three movements. Close your eyes and follow the scent from first breath to the trace it leaves behind.
Top note
Almost nothing at first — a cool, green stillness like winter air.
Heart note
On a warm afternoon, a faint honeyed warmth rises, barely there, like sun on dry grass.
Base note
A clean, watery green memory — less a scent than the feeling that the season has turned.
Care
How it grows
- Light
- Full sun to partial shade
- Water
- Low, very drought-tolerant
- Bloom season
- Mid-winter to early spring
- Mature size
- 4–8 ft arching, fountain-shaped
- Hardiness
- Zones 6–10
Care notes
Tending this plant
Soil
Thrives in almost any well-drained soil — tolerant of clay, dry shade, and neglect. One of the least fussy plants in the collection.
Feeding
Needs little. A single light feeding of balanced fertilizer in early spring is sufficient; overfed plants flower sparsely.
Pruning
Prune immediately after flowering in early spring. Cut back flowered stems to encourage new arching growth, which carries the next winter's blooms.
Winter care
Fully hardy and untouched by frost — it is the winter star of the catalog. No protection needed; cold actually prompts the best bloom.
Container growing
Lovely cascading over the edge of a large pot. Use a free-draining mix and water sparingly — it prefers to stay on the dry side year-round.
Where it grows
A California story
The gentlest member of the collection — a fountain of bare green stems studded with yellow trumpet flowers through California's mild winters. Its scent is a whisper, released only on the warmest afternoons, a promise that spring is near.
