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Forsythia x intermedia
'Lynwood Variety'
Lynwood Border Forsythia
Origin: Göttingen Botanic Gardens in Germany by the director of the forestry botanical garden of the Royal Prussian Academy of Forestry in Münden, H. Zabel in 1878.
| Family |
| Oleaceae |
| Genus |
| Forsythia |
| Species |
| x intermedia |
| Cultivar |
| 'Lynwood Variety' |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (deciduous) |
| Synonyms |
| Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold' |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6b - 7a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 7b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 (observed growing welling H7) |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 to -10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 5 - 14 |
| Height |
| 2.5-3 m |
| Spread |
| 3.5 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Vigorous medium-sized deciduous shrub. |
| Landscape |
| Shrub borders, mass plantings, screening. Used primarily for its showy early spring bloom. |
| Cultivation |
| Grows in moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. |
| Shape |
| Simple, occasionally lobed, leaves and short tubular yellow flowers. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| Bullfinches and capsid bugs. Prone to galls. |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| Imbricate, conical and light yellow-brown with a tinge of green. Several buds borne together in the axils and usually loosely scaled. |
| Leaf Description |
| 7.5 - 12.5 cm long, opposite, simple and toothed, usually on the upper half. Medium to dark green above and lighter below. |
| Flower Description |
| 3 - 3.5 cm long, pale to deep yellow colour, scentless and contains a 4-lobed corolla. |
| Fruit Description |
| Dehiscent, two-celled, brown capsule, .85 cm long, often encapsulating many winged seeds. |
| Colour Description |
| Leaves are medium to dark green in the summer, changing to green or yellow-green in autumn, sometimes with a tinge of purple. |
| Texture Description |
| Medium in leaf, coarse in winter. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Seeds will germinate without a pretreatment but one to two months at 5 C° appears to improve and unify germination. |
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