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  Kieran Ray February 10, 2011 at 10:02pm

  Could it maybe be Forsythia intermedia?  
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo February 10, 2011 at 10:11pm

  I think the pic is from Japan, so I suspect it is very old jasmine that has been carefully tended for decades! But if I could get that result with forsythia intermedia, I'd be happy. Not sure it would look as good though.
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  Kieran Ray February 10, 2011 at 10:15pm

  i imagen if you grow a few shrubs and coppice them evry other year for 5 years then let that growth grow on and in a way pollard the new growth it may work, my gran has a forsythia that is just a huge yellow blob in the spring as it is quite an age.
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  Sarah Russell February 10, 2011 at 10:42pm

  I would say that that is forsythia. What a beautiful show!
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  Kieran Ray February 11, 2011 at 11:16am

  I have just shown the picture to Kev who I work with and he reckons it could be a Mimosa, as they flower so abundantly, also they are very popular in Japan.
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  Mark Watson February 11, 2011 at 11:22am

  Looking at the shadow length and the shirtsleeves, I'd say that isn't winter, so not Winter Jasmine ! Its Forsythia.
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  T & S Plants February 11, 2011 at 5:48pm

  Cornus officinalis or mas? The up-market forsythia

   

  Mimosa/Acacia - no- evergreen

   

   
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  AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo February 12, 2011 at 1:56am

  Managed to find out the pic was taken at the Summer Palace in Beijing - but that doesn't really help with identifying the plant.
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  Phil Voice February 12, 2011 at 12:17pm

  I'm 99% certain it's Forsythia and with the Weeping Willow just coming into leaf in the background, I'd say the timing is spot on.

   

  One think I think gives it away is the flow spikes on last year's wood.
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    AndyCharles-EnborneGardeningCo > Phil Voice February 12, 2011 at 7:24pm

    Well spotted with the willow, Phil. I feel the need to go to Beijing to check!