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FLAT Forsythia stem/branch

1945crewood1945crewood Posts: 170
in Problem solving
Not sure what's happened to this particular stem/branch on our Forsythia. It's completely flat, roughly one and a half inches wide by about 18" long then goes round like the rest of the plant. Seems to look perfectly healthy with plenty of leaves growing out of it.

It's the only stem/branch on the whole plant that is like it. Looks very much like a cactus only loads thinner. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.



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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited June 2023
    @1945crewood Could be fasciation. Damage fron prunung could be the cause.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • 1945crewood1945crewood Posts: 170
    GardenerSuze said:
    @1945crewood Could be fasciation. Damage fron prunung could be the cause.
    I had to look that one up Suze ;)
    Having read what Google had to say about fasciation, many branches growing into one, it does look like one of the flat, multi core ribbon cables you get in your computer.
    Mother Nature don't straight lines, Broken moulds in a grand design, We look a mess but we're doing fine, We're card carrying lifelong members of the Union Of Different Kinds.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited June 2023
    Fasciation.  Not just pruning, any sort pf damage, possibly an insect bite at a sensitive stage.  It has happens more than once to my foxgloves - makes a most fascinating shape of flower.

    I've had it on Fuchsia, Oleanders and Rhododendrons also.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @1945crewood Yes flowers as well as branches can be affected. With a stem of Forsythia it is more likely be due to pruning but other things can cause it too.

    Type in Fascinated by Fasiation for some strange looking plants and flowers.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
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