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Oleaceae
Border Forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia
Anticipation and new beginnings.
- Family
- Oleaceae
- Genus
- Forsythia
- Native to
- Garden origin (East Asian parentage)
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 6-10 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- adaptable, well-drained
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The genus is named after William Forsyth, a Scottish botanist who was a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society.
- It is a hybrid between F. suspensa (China) and F. viridissima (China), first bred in Germany around 1880.
- Forsythia branches can be forced into bloom indoors in late winter by cutting stems and placing them in warm water.
- In South Korea, the similar native forsythia (F. koreana) is so iconic that its flowers appear on coins and stamps.
- The flowers appear before the leaves, creating solid masses of yellow along bare branches — one of the first signs of spring.
Color meanings
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anticipation
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new beginnings
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spring joy