*Forsythia ×intermedia
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*Forsythia ×intermedia
SHOWY FORSYTHIA
Oleaceae
Location: map coordinates T-14 (west of Loockerman Hall),
N 39°11'6'' W 75°32'42''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
*Non-native species (not native to Delaware)
SHOWY FORSYTHIA
Oleaceae
Location: map coordinates T-14 (west of Loockerman Hall),
N 39°11'6'' W 75°32'42''
Planting history: presently unknown.
Description:
- deciduous shrub
- etymology: Forsythia after William Forsyth (1737-1804) Swedish gardener, and superintendant of Kensington Palace Royal Gardens; intermedia = intermediate between parents of this hybrid (purportedly F. suspensa and F. viridissima)
- leaves opposite
- flowers yellow, in spring; one of earliest flowering shrubs
- pith chambered between the nodes, and solid at the nodes
- branches arch
- very popular ornamental
*Non-native species (not native to Delaware)
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