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Talkback: Frightful forsythia

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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I dug up my forsythia bush about 15 years ago and haven't regreted it or missed it.
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I think you are wrong, Forsythia is a beautiful shrub.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Oh man, a nice Forsythia surrounded by red, red mulch?
    Nightmares.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I mistakenly bought a variegated form thinking it would extend the seasonal interest. It didn't. Syringa 'Palibin' is replacing it very soon.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Forsythia is a necessary evil in cold climates such as mine, where the average winter will whack a Chimonanthus on its horticultural hynie. That said, I can't agree with you more about the visually assault badly pruned Forsythia makes on the eyes nearly everywhere one turns. Do people actually believe Forsythia are supposed to be square?
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I love forsythia.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I love my forsythia. It grows in a spot only seen this time of year, it doesnt care that it is shady and it can easily be kept within the small vertical space that needs filling. Plus my dog hates it so he doesnt trample it to death. All plants have their uses to someone!I have a chimonanthus in the "smarter" part of my garden.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I love this shrub and think the more colour at this time of the year to drag us out of the winter is all the better. I hate the dark purple hebe's but we can't all like the same things can we.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Familiarity breeds contempt is appropriate here.If you study a few cut stems arranged in a vase you cannot escape its beauty and if it was difficult to grow gardeners everywhere would be nurturing it and showing it off with pride.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Hmmm... I think Berberis still winds the most horrible competition...?
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Tell you what -I love winter flowering jasmin - yellow, sweet smelling, and so easy to take cuttings. Forsythia is a pain as it takes up so much room, and after flowering with not much going on ,the winter jasmin is neat against a fence or wall and you can get on and grow somthing else nearby. Also it flowers for longer.
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