Forsythia × intermedia
Forsythia
At a glance
- Light
- Full sun
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Flowering
- Mar–Apr
- Hardiness
- Hardy
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Description
The garden forsythia is a summer‑green ornamental shrub that delights with a sea of bright yellow flowers early in spring before leaf‑out, often the first vivid color event of the garden year. As a hybrid of Forsythia suspensa and Forsythia viridissima, it grows arching upright to 2 to 3 m tall and is well suited as a solitary plant, flowering hedge, or cut shrub for spring bouquets. Popular cultivars such as ‘Spectabilis’, ‘Lynwood Gold’, and ‘Goldrausch’ differ mainly in flower density and growth height.
Care instructions
Plant the forsythia in a sunny to partially shaded location, the more sun, the more abundant the bloom. It has few soil requirements but does not tolerate permanent waterlogging. Cut the shrub back hard immediately after flowering (March/April) so that it forms new flower‑bearing shoots for the next year; older shoots flower much weaker. With regular pruning it stays compact and blooms reliably every spring.
Garden year
FloweringMar–Apr
Soil & site
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