Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis'
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Michael Dirr Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis'
Michael Dirr
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis'
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' (click for large image)
Showy Border Forsythia, Spectabilis Border Forsythia 		Common Names:
  • Showy Border Forsythia
  • Spectabilis Border Forsythia
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Showy Border Forsythia, Spectabilis Border Forsythia
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 9

Dirr says: "This cultivar is more flower bud hardy than 'Beatrix Farrand'"

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 10' to 20'.
Dirr says: "Has been the standard by which all others are judged; a vigorous shrub that will grow 10' high and wide"

Flowers:

  Color(s): Yellow
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "rich bright yellow flowers may be as much as 1 1/2" across. The flowers occus profusely from the axils of the stems."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green and green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "Leaves are ovate-lanceolate and 3 to 4 1/2" long"  

Fruit:

  Color: Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a grouping plant.

Other:

  Is Resistant to Disease
Is Resistant to Insects
Is Urban Tolerant
 
Forsythia x intermedia 'Spectabilis' is hardy in these areas:
Alameda, CAAlamo, CAAlsip, IL
American Canyon, CAAngwin, CAAntioch, CA
Baltimore, MDBayside, NYBronx, NY
Brooklyn, NYBrownsville, TXCanton, MI
Chicago, ILCicero, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYDanville, CA
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEssex, CA
Evergreen Park, ILFawnskin, CAFerndale, MI
Florence, SCFlushing, NYFontana, CA
Forest Falls, CAForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHunt Valley, MD
Jackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NCLexington, NC
Liberty, NCLinwood, NCLittle Neck, NY
Ludlow, CAMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMercedes, TX
Middle Village, NYMission, TXModesto, CA
Moreno Valley, CAMorgantown, WVMount Clemens, MI
New Baltimore, MINew Haven, MINew York, NY
Newport News, VANorth Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MI
Oakland Gardens, NYOlmito, TXPenitas, TX
Pharr, TXPhelan, CAPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDPinon Hills, CAPort Isabel, TX
Progreso, TXRedlands, CARego Park, NY
Rialto, CARidgewood, NYRimforest, CA
Riverdale, ILSaratoga, CASoquel, CA
Sparrows Point, MDStaten Island, NYTaylor, MI
Temperance, MITemple City, CATowson, MD
Trenton, MITres Pinos, CAUpland, CA
Virginia Beach, VAWalnut, CAWatsonville, CA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MI
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