This shrub has upright arching 4-sided stems that suckers from the base and form a bushy rounded habit. It has divided leaves with bright green leaflets and the bright yellow trumpet-shaped flowers appear singularly during spring. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 10

Jasminum mesnyi is naturally found in south-west China growing in well drained fertile moist light soils with a pH range from 5.0 to 8.6 and prefers an open sunny to semi shaded position and is light frost and drought resistant. 

Yellow Jasmine is a long-lived plant that is grown for its flowers and dense habit. It is used as a filler plant in shrub borders or for screen planting. It is also grown as a spill-over on embankments and above retaining walls. It is quick growing and establishes in 2-seasons, but if left unchecked it will form a large thick thicket. ID 163

Jasminum (jaz-MEEN-um) mesnyi (MEZ-nee-ee)

‘Jasminum’: Latinate form of the Arabic name for this plant, ysmyn; ‘mesnyi’: after Chinese botanical collector Major Gen. William Mesny.

Oleaceae (oh-lee-AY-see-ee)
American Hog Plum, African Walnut Family