Forsythia doesn't care about niceties like cutting back to buds. It'll sprout from multiple buds just below where you cut it. As @Fairygirl said, it's not fussy about conditions but if your rockery is the type that has small delicate sun-loving alpine plants in it, be careful because they might get too much shade - and the forsythia is deciduous, so being covered with the fallen leaves wouldn't be good for them either.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It keeps raining here too. Much more normal for the time of year though
Have a think about that area and how you want it to look. That wall is lovely though
@JennyJ - I just meant I'd take the Forsythia and the Hebe out if it was mine and have something smaller, depending on aspect etc Sorry if I didn't make that clear. You're right though - if the Forsythia is nearby it could cause problems with dropped foliage on small plants
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My ex nieghbour built that wall, my rockery and raised beds, he was a big wig at M&S but was obsessed about wall building lol, it really is gorgeous and will last forever, he used to shove something small in each wall - like a biscuit wrapper - said it was 'tradition' but never knew if he was having me on ....am glad its raining now I've cleared out the stream - was virtually empty.
Are those lovely rocks still there, hidden under all the new growth? I’d haul them out and use them elsewhere in the garden where you can see and appreciate them.
@Fairygirl , I wasn't intending to contradict you - quite the opposite, so I'm sorry that it came over that way. Just trying to say that although the forsythia will grow almost anywhere, it could have a impact on other plants around it if moved into a rockery. But one person's rockery could be planted with delicate little alpines, while another might have tougher stuff, and we don't know which it is yet.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
@JennyJ - I didn't make my post very clear, so please don't apologise! Not your fault at all, and I knew you weren't contradicting me or anything - it was my mistake rather than yours! I think certain bits of the forum are getting to me just now
I'm intrigued now about the biscuit wrappers in the wall @ren.b!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My ex was a builder … he put all sorts of things in cavities in walls of buildings etc … newspapers, stamps, coins, football programmes, cinema tickets, fag packets, shopping receipts … whatever he had available in his van at the time.
He was also involved with the very good village museum and was frequently on the receiving end of ‘found objects’ from house renovations. Don’t think anyone ever brought him one of his own tho’ … 😂
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It keeps raining here too. Much more normal for the time of year though
Have a think about that area and how you want it to look. That wall is lovely though
@JennyJ - I just meant I'd take the Forsythia and the Hebe out if it was mine and have something smaller, depending on aspect etc Sorry if I didn't make that clear. You're right though - if the Forsythia is nearby it could cause problems with dropped foliage on small plants
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Not your fault at all, and I knew you weren't contradicting me or anything - it was my mistake rather than yours! I think certain bits of the forum are getting to me just now
I'm intrigued now about the biscuit wrappers in the wall @ren.b!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.