Deeproot Plant Base Online - Forsythia 'Beatrix Farrand'

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botanical name:
Forsythia 'Beatrix Farrand'

family: Oleaceae

characteristics: shrub
height: 2.40m width: 1.80m
growth rate:
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: green
flower colour: yellow
main period of interest: Spring

growing conditions: full sun, part shade, moist soil, clay soil
prefered soil pH: any
minimum temperature: -29°C
USDA zone: 5 to 9

description:
Vigorous with strong upright branches. Masses of deep yellow flowers in spring before the course green leaves emerge.

cultivation:
Any moderately fertile, moist, well drained soil in full sun or light dappled shade. Easy to grow and not fussy. Prune after flowering, reducing new shoots and cut back some of the old shoots to the base.

propagation:
Greenwood cuttings in late spring or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer.