Delicate yellow flowers in the middle of winter, maybe even with a small cap of snow - not many plants in the garden can boast of that. Even if the easy-care winter jasmine has an unusual flowering time, it prefers the usual planting time.
Winter jasmine is best planted in spring
It is best to plant your winter jasmine in spring. Young plants planted in the spring will flower the following winter. The planting distance to the neighboring plants is ideally half the growth width. When planting in a hedge, a meter distance is sufficient. Any gaps will close themselves over time with sinkers.
But you can also plant winter jasmine in early autumn. So it still has enough time to grow well before winter. Be careful not to damage the root ball. While winter jasmine is hardy and recovers well and usually fairly quickly from any pruning mistakes, the roots should be in good condition by winter.
Where do I plant my winter jasmine?
The flowers of the winter jasmine do not tolerate too much frost and, above all, no icy wind, so give it a place sheltered from the wind. Since the buds are relatively frost-tolerant, the winter jasmine will bloom again after a short time if the flowers do freeze. However, the winter jasmine prefers a sunny or semi-shady location.
The most important things about winter jasmine in brief:
- best planting time: spring or autumn
- Flowering period: December/January to March/April
- Flower color: yellow
- very cut compatible
- Flowers not very frost hardy
- Buds tolerate frost down to approx. - 15 °C
tips
If you only want to buy a few plants for cost reasons, then multiply your winter jasmine in the following years with cuttings or planters.