While forsythia plants, for the most part, are hardy to zone 4 or 5, the flower buds may not be as hardy. When temperatures drop below minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit, flower buds may be killed or ...

Or, you could focus on the spring-summer transition and whatever lies ahead by growing a mix of foliage-heavy or flowering plants like clematis, coral bells, and lamb's ear to enhance forsythia's ...

Early spring bloomers like forsythia, according to Peter Bowden from Hewitt's Garden Centers, set their flower buds the previous summer which can leave those buds vulnerable to extreme winter ...

The buds then complete their development during summer. ... Putting it another way, forsythia flower buds form on newly grown wood and are held on all winter for blossoming the following spring.

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