Botanical Name: Forsythia x intermedia
Common Name: forsythia
Family: Oleaceae
Distribution/Origin: garden
Leaf/Bud: simple, opposite, lanceolate
Flower/Inflorescence: bloom March - April, yellow, clustered
Fruit/Seed: capsule
Stem/Bark: laterals of second year wood
Size: wider than tall; height 10-15ft, spread 20ft
Habit: upright
Form: irregular, arching
Culture: suckering shrub,
Landscape Use: shrub, early season bloom
Notes: basal pruning only!