Winter Jasmine: Yellow-Flowered Bush, Oklahoma
 IMG_0077.JPGMost of the flowers have 6 petals; some have 5, rarely one has 7. |
 IMG_0084.JPGShowing flowers and buds on the bare stems. |
 IMG_0075.JPGIt grows from slender canes from the ground that do not branch. Blooms very early, usually in February. |
 IMG_0082.JPGThe green stems come straight from the ground. |
 DSC_0836.JPGShowing our forsythia bush for comparison; blooming in March, much branching, 4-petaled flowers. |
 DSC_0836_crop.JPGForsythia again, 4-petaled flowers. |
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