Topic: 'Winter' Jasmine

[Digitalis]

I'm interested in buying a climbing Jasmine.

I've seen a 'winter' one in Morrisons which claims to be deciduous, yet is clearly already in flower.

Is this normal?

How can they flower without leaves?

[saddad]

They have leaves through most of the year but flower now...
they aren't climbers but have very lax stems and can be trained/tied in...  :)

[Palustris]

Even the name means flowering without leaves, Jasminium nudiflorum. It flowers without leaves so that the flowers are obvious to winter flying moths which pollenate them.
We have a fair number of them, since any stem which touches the ground will root from every leaf joint.