Intermediate forsythia

Appearance: a medium-sized shrub, 2-4 m in height and width, broad, upright-growing, branch tips pendulous, fast-growing.

Flowers: golden-yellow, widely open bell-shaped flowers, blooms before leaf emergence, faint fragrance.

Fruits: of little ornamental value.

Leaves: ovate, after flowering pale green, in autumn – bronze-red or yellowish-green.

Root system: shallow, sensitive to soil compaction and mechanical damage.

Requirements: sun/partial shade, relatively winter-hardy, may suffer frost damage down to the snow level.

Soils: any garden soils, relatively dry to fresh; avoid drought.

Note: very ornamental plants, tolerates pruning.

Zone: 5a