Proven Winners' new forsythia variety, Show Off, has masses of bright yellow flowers that are much larger than those of older varieties. The shrub is said to be resistant to deer feeding and compact, ...
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama-- Dear Harvey: Is it OK to cut forsythia way back? My aunt's is so huge and leggy, she'd love to whack it back totally, and hopefully it will grow well, come spring. Thanks. – ...
The Forsythia is a yellow flowering, multi-stemmed blooming deciduous shrub. It is a member of the olive family (Oleaceae) and blooms in mid-April. The forsythia is not a difficult plant. A full sun ...
If your forsythia shrubs are taller, grow 'Flaviramea' instead. It's a 6-foot-tall yellow-stemmed cultivar that will begin the golden show right in the winter. Red-twig dogwoods perform well in full ...
While much of the outdoor landscape is still sleeping, some early-bird spring arrivals are brightening our neighborhoods with colorful blooms. Pussy willow, forsythia, pansies and Lenten roses are ...
The warm glow of forsythias cools down as their flowers fade and green leaves start to unfold. For the next 11 months, this plant that displays such cheerful color on the drab heels of winter will be ...
I got an email from a reader recently and enjoyed the question. Seems that my reader had a hedge of forsythia around a bird bath. While cleaning the bird bath out our reader dumped the bird bath on ...
If you're tired of a colorless yard that takes forever to wake up after a long winter, October is the time to act. Just when most people are cleaning up their garden for the season, you should be ...
“Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh The Royal Navy was hurting at the end of the 18th century. It needed ...
The Edgeworthia is easy to grow and sometimes blooms as early as February but always in March and April. It is beautiful and fragrant this year. Have you ever smelled an Edgeworthia bloom? Not many ...