Thank you Chris that sure looks like a match. Even native to Colombia (where I saw it) and Ecuador.

How about Bridal Vail Spirea? I've been noticing them and admiring them this week. Lisa Here is a link that might be useful: Bridal Vail Spirea

What I understood from the articles was that the Primrose Jasmine is evergreen with 1-3 inch long leaves and the blooms are fragrant while the Winter Jasmine is deciduous and blooms on bare branches. Winter Jasmine leaves are only 1 inch long and it is not fragrant. I didn't detect fragrance at all and the branches are not leafed out yet. Otherwise, they look identical! My neighbor mentioned that the branches are squared. Thank you so much for pointing me in the correct direction!

Shrubby cinquefoil, Potentilla fruticosa (or new name, Dasiphora fruticosa). There's a number of yellow flowered varieties but also comes in white, orange, red, coral and pink flowered forms as well.