Forsythia
- Subject: Forsythia
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 11:16:27 EDT
In a message dated 9/18/02 7:57:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
>
> I really want to move my forsythia from the head of my long bed to a
> spot on the other side of the yard. It has been in place for 12+
> years and it admittedly shaggy and over grown. I like the wild look,
> but really want to replace it (in that spot) with something with more
> full year interest.
Cheryl,
To my way of thinking you would need to put a curse on that plant to keep it
from relocating itself. We removed a number of large, old and overgrown
Forsythias with a tractor and used Round-up to kill the leftovers.
If you cut it down to about one foot late this month (the leaves are late to
fall) and then go after it replanting only parts of the orginal, you will
have a great big new one in two years time. If it does not fall apart into
replantable sections, cut it into sections with a small pruning saw.
I am in a colder zone than you and have never lost a Forsythia even when
trying. You probably have the common Lynwood Gold sold around here
everywhere. There are better cultivars and smaller ones. The last Forsythia
we removed two years ago is resprouting somewhat this fall and in a very
short time is over seven feet tall if not attacked immediately.
There are also a few that claim to bloom yearly in the north as most do not
bloom well with sub-zero weather after February. This would be about two
years out of three for me. The shrub is a great blaze of yellow on the years
when it does not freeze the flower buds but to my way of thinking, it is more
valuable stuck where it won't take over the garden and used for spring
forcing. The real value to me is that it is an easy forcing shrub in the
house when you would like some flowers in March. Cut and forced into bloom
it becomes a welcome sight with snow still on the ground.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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