Deeproot Plant Base Online - Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis Variegated'

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botanical name:
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis Variegated'

synonyms: Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis Variegata'
family: Oleaceae

characteristics: shrub
height: 2.40m width: 1.50m
growth rate: medium
growth habit: bushy
leaf colour: yellow & green
flower colour: yellow
stem/bark colour: brown
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 bushy deciduous shrub with a masses of yellow flowers in March or April, before the yellow variegated 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.