A few suggestions: Winter Jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)??? Japanese pieris (Pieris japonica)??? Witch hazels (Hamamelis spp.) ??? Camellia ??? You can do a Google Images search for "winter blooming shrubs" and possibly spot your mystery shrub. :-) Rosie

Hi - I planted a KMK by my porch this spring - she is growing (canes about 3.5-4ft tall), but no blooms yet. I am also interested in how tall she has grown from folks who have had her for a few years. I see varying reports on her height from rose selling sites, Would love to hear more in general about her (height, blooming, habit/form, disease resistanece, etc) from folks with actual experience with her now that she has been out a few years. I am in 7b so do not expect a huge amount of winter die off, but always worry about BS and pests here in steamy ATL.

Mine gets full sun for most of the day, shade from about 4 o’clock on. It grows tall really fast, easily ten feet straight up under the eaves, not wider than 5 ft along the wall and I train and prune it to keep it from sticking out too far. Definitely more up than out for me. She is not flexible, so a gentle fanning out of her canes is the best I am able to do. I wish I could bend her more to encourage laterals, but I’m realizing she isn’t made for that.

Probably ok for a year or so. I had to remove a laguna from my neighbors 5 feet fence after a year because it was obvious it was going to destroy it. I have one Quick silver in a tall 30is inch pot as an experiment.