One of Sue's favorite things in spring growing up was/is the Forsythia bush in her parents yard. She could look out her bedroom window and see its cheerful bright yellow flowers there year after year as a sign that spring was here and Easter was on its way! In an effort to improve the landscaping in our own back yard we've been looking into our own Forsythia... word on the street is they're easy to grow and it would be nice to look out in our own yard now and see such a bright and cheerful bush... hopefully to hide the yard behind ours too!
The fun thing when you're researching plants for the yard, especially flowering bushes. Is the commentary about the durability of well flowering bushes that is especially funny... like "this one can take a beating" for instance. This was said about one of our newer bushes in the front yard the Weigela. We have since found a Wine and Roses Weigela for the back yard as well... due to them being able to take a beating... we will see what they look like when the snow melts!
Obviously the Forsythia can take a beating too... the one in Sue's parents yard has survived 1 transplant and has been around for about 50 years! Sounds like a good source for propagation... We've heard stories of grandparents taking cuttings and just sticking them in the ground and voila... this appears to be true even on the web...
Thus this years experiment in gardening will be sticks in the dirt... should work out better than last years potato crop... yanked out due to blight!
Propagation of Forsythia:
Forsythia are grown from cuttings. Select cuttings from new growth. Cut a three to six inch branch, and place the end into moist soil. Keep the soil moist to aid rooting. Rooting should only take a few weeks.
Transplant rooted cuttings anytime. However, transplanting established plants is best done in winter while the plants are dormant.
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