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| Would like to hear from someone who has grown both Spring Glory and Lynwood Gold Forsythia and can post opinions on preference in regard to blooming (e.g., quantity of blooms).
Size isn't an issue where I plan on putting them but am after max bloom. Some of the locations I would like to plant them on my property are partial sun -- is that enough to get them to bloom? Website searches are showing Full Sun so I'm not sure if there's any point in planting them in a Partial Sun situation if they're not going to bloom. Thanks! |
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| Part shade has been said to be optimal for these. You can certainly growth them in part shade, they will just behave differently than in full sun. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, Feb 9, 10 at 12:22
| Forsythia is forsythia :-) Most gardeners would be very hard-pressed to distinguish one cultivar of forsythia from another. Aside from mature sizes and the possibility of variegation, most cultivars will behave very similarly as far as flowering is concerned. 'Lynwood Gold' is reputed to have flowers that are more open and better distributed along the length of the stem than other selections - 'Spring Glory' may start blooming slightly earlier. Full sun will generate the heaviest bloom, but I've seen many examples grow and bloom well in only part sun and some even in more or less full shade but with a significantly lighter bloom. |
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| In a nursery I once worked in 'Spring Glory' had a dieback problem not shown by the others. 'Lynwood' is thought to be correct, rather than 'Lynwood Gold'. The 2002 Hillier manual says "With 'Beatrix Farrand' and 'Karl Sax', this is one of the most spectacular of the forsythias". |
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