Re: Forsythia

Nov 30, 2003 2 Replies


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


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


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.

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

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