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.

Plant forsythia in full sun and in well-draining soil, four to six feet apart to give them room to expand. Forsythia is perennial in zones 5 through 8. Plant bushes in the fall when they are dormant.

"Forsythia shrubs are among the first plants to bloom in spring, providing an early burst of color and privacy before many other plants have started growing," says Kelly Funk, ...

Filling your garden with color all year round is a guaranteed way to keep things looking bright and alive, no matter what the ...

Forsythias are blooming! The forsythia shrubs in my neighborhood are blooming. That means it’s time to apply a preemergent herbicide to lawns that have problems with pesky annual and biennial weeds.

Plant the shrubs 4 to 6 feet apart in fall giving them plenty of room. Dig a hole twice the size of the root ball. Set into the hole so the top of the root ball is flush with the earth.

Some shrubs exhibit what we call a suckering growth habit. Shrubs such as red stemmed dogwood (Cornus sericea) and forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia) constantly send up new shoots from the base of ...

Forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia) Forsythia is the traditional first-flowering plant in the spring. Hardy plants, their bright yellow blooms can catch your eye anywhere. There are new cultivars out.

Natalie Carmolli, a public relations specialist with Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs, says late spring to early summer is the perfect time to prune certain flowering plants, to remove spent flowers, ...

Now’s the time to plant anything with instructions on the seed pack that tells you to plant in early spring as soon as the soil can be worked. Time to plant cool season crops, prune forsythia ...

They are unfussy about soil types — acid or alkaline, chalk or sand, gravel or clay — although they do prefer a sunny position and soil that is not waterlogged. They also grow away quickly from ...

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