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'Lynwood Gold'
This 8' tall rugged, ornamental shrub is smothered with yellow blooms in early spring before the foliage appears. The 'Lynwood Gold' Forsythia is popular as a specimen plant or hedge. The leaves are 5" bright green lanceolate leaves with toothed margins. The bright yellow trumpet like flowers appear before foliage in early spring and has unique purple autumn foliage.
This moderate growing forsythia has flowers that are more open and more evenly distributed along the stem.
Blooms on old wood so after flowering, cut down severely or remove oldest stems to stimulate new growth. It prefers partial shade to full sun and will grow to 8" tall and will spread to 10". Fertilize in spring. When planting, cut plant back 1/3 of branch length to encourage branching. Plant in well drained soil. For hedge, plant 4 ft. apart.
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'Fiesta'
'Fiesta' is a vigorous border forsythia cultivar which is most noted for its compact size and variegated yellow/green foliage. It is an upright, mounded, deciduous shrub which typically grows 2-3' tall with a slightly larger spread. The golden flowers which appear in profusion before the foliage in late winter to early spring. This is one of the earliest blooming shrubs... a true harbinger of spring. The ovate leaves are 4" long and are dark green on the edges with yellow and creamy white in the center. The color lives on past blooming.
Fiesta is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. For best flower production, grow in full sun. Prune immediately after spring flowering as flowers bloom on old wood. The variegated foliage gives this cultivar interesting small specimen value or use in groups for borders.
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'Gold Tide'
'Gold Tide' is a dwarf forsythia cultivar that is noted for its compact-spreading shape, typically growing to only 20" tall but spreading to as much as 4" wide. It features light yellow flowers that appear in profusion before the leaves emerge in late winter to early spring. Early bloom makes this shrub a true harbinger of spring. Ovate, medium green leaves are attractive throughout the growing season.
The dense and compact 'Gold Tide' is a European dwarf sport of the old favorite, F. x intermedia 'Spring Glory'. It is exceptionally easy to grow in any well-drained soil, it is very tolerant of heat, drought, and urban conditions. Excellent as a ground cover (especially on difficult slopes), trailing over walls, or in the perennial border.
This is a plant of merit from the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
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