Flowers in February! Winter Jasmine

You just have to love a flower that brings the sunshine down into the bland February garden. Winter Jasmine (Jasmine nudiflorum)  is a perfect fit for those gardeners who are fed up with winter and can't wait for spring. It isn't very showy the rest of the year with its normal looking deciduous green foliage but just before spring this Jasmine puts on a show!

Bright yellow flowers cover the leafless vine/bush all along the length of the branch. I planted my jasmine along one side of our front porch but it really deserves a home in more locations. Can't you just see the yellow flowers cascading over a trellis before your neighbors even have forsythias blooming?

I traded for this at a plant swap a couple years ago and I have to say that I was very pleasantly surprised by the results! Last year it began blooming in March but this year it's flowers are three weeks earlier. Have you planted Winter Jasmine in your garden yet?

Witch Hazel Blooming

The other day I mentioned that the Winter Jasmine would be the first thing to bloom...


I was wrong! It's the Witch hazel!

It's the first time it has bloomed in our garden. So what's blooming in your February Garden?

Winter Jasmine About to Bloom

It won't be long now until the first bloom of the new gardening season will be on its way. In just a few more days the Winter Jasmine will be coloring our front porch with its bright yellow blooms. I traded for the jasmine at plant swap a couple years ago and have found it to be a very welcome winter bloomer. This is definitely one plant I need to propagate a few more of to plant in the garden. Before the daffodils, crocuses, and even forsythias the winter jasmine brightens up the garden and gives us a preview of spring!

Soon...Soon...It will be spring...I keep telling myself!