Woody Plants Database [http://woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu]

Species: Forsythia suspensa

(for-SITH-ee-a sus-PEN-suh)

Weeping Forsythia

Ornamental Characteristics

Size: Shrub > 8 feet Height: 8' to 10' tall and 10' to 15' wide Leaves: Deciduous Shape: distinctly weeping habit with fine, arching, and trailing branches Ornamental Other: Flowers: * yellow and 4-lobed * 1" to 1.25" across * in groups of 1 to 3 usually * blooms in March and April * doesn't bloom as heavily as F. x intermedia

Environmental Characteristics

Light: Full sun, Part shade Hardy To Zone: 5b Soil Ph: Can tolerate acid to alkaline soil (pH 5.0 to 8.0)

Insect Disease

No diseases listed

Bare Root Transplanting

Easy

Other

* tolerant of urban conditions * most appropriately used on banks or over walls * must cascade to be at its best in the landscape * useful as a barrier * for erosion control on slopes Native to China

Moisture Tolerance

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Occasionally saturated Consistently moist, Occasional periods of Prolonged periods of or very wet soil well-drained soil dry soil dry soil

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Forsythia suspensa - Habit, Flowers

Forsythia suspensa - Habit

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Forsythia suspensa - Bark, Buds

Forsythia suspensa - Flowers

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Forsythia suspensa - Habit

Forsythia suspensa - Bark

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Forsythia suspensa - Immature Fruit

Forsythia suspensa - Mature Fruit

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Forsythia suspensa - Habit

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