Re: Forsythia

[B & J]

I keep seeing what looks like forsythia from a distance, in bloom now in N.

> Illinois. > > I can't get close enough without driving into peoples yards to check it out. > > What could they be and forsythia blooms in Spring? > > js

I well could be forsythia blooming. I not only have forsythia blooming now but also Carolina jasmine in bloom. Both normally bloom in March (z 6), but we had a chilling period earlier followed by an extended warming trend (60 -

70). That was enough to trigger blooming.

John

[Retiredff]

A lot of forsythias have a wild hair and will completly or partially bloom in the fall and/or winter. It's kind of neat to see those yellow flowers peeking through a thin layer of snow.

[Mike Gilmore]

Your Forsythia from a distance might even be a Kerria. Some wonderful friendships between gardeners have begun by a passerby asking about a plant.