Japanese name: ウンナンオウバイ（雲南黄梅） Scientific name:Jasminum mesnyi
[Overview]
An evergreen shrub about 0.5–5 m tall.
The stems are green with 4 ridges, and the tips droop.
The leaves are opposite and composed of 3 leaflets; the leaflets are narrowly ovate to narrowly elliptic, 3–5 cm long and 1.5–2.5 cm wide, with entire margins.
The petiole is 0.5–1.5 cm long.
The flowers are borne singly in the leaf axils; they are yellow, 2–4.5 cm across, salverform, and 6–8-lobed.
[History]
It was introduced to Japan in the Meiji era.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by cuttings or layering.
It prefers a sunny site with sandy soil.
Because the branches droop, it suits slopes and the tops of stone walls.
The flowers are borne on the previous year's branches, so prune immediately after flowering.
