Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'
Michael Dirr
Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'
Forsythia x intermedia 'Lynwood Gold' (click for large image)
Lynwood Gold Border Forsythia
Common Names:
  • Lynwood Gold Border Forsythia
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 5 to Zone 9

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 5' to 10'.
Dirr says: "The growth habit is more upright than 'Spectabilis'"

Flowers:

  Color(s): Yellow
Season(s): Spring

Dirr says: "a branch sport of 'Spectabilis' that the owner of Lynwood garden in Northern Ireland noticed had flowers which were more open and better distributed along the stem. The brilliant yellow flowers are slightly lighter than 'Spectabilis'. Still one of the best and most reliable forsythia; not as loud as 'Beatrix Farrand', 'Karl Sax' and 'Spectabilis'; the flowering stems appear as yellow wands."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green and green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
 

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 'Lynwood Gold' 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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