Note to self: keep a close eye on men with loppers -- while we were pruning our fruit trees, my husband went after all the plum seedlings that pop up here and there, quickly becoming a forest of young whips. Among them, I have/had a lovely winter jasmine just starting to bloom (reference photo in first post). You guessed it, this plant got a serious pruning and is now about half its normal size with many of the stalks cut down to ground level. One would think the bright yellow blooms would have been a clue...but, ah well...it will recover.
