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ARE YOU A FORSYTHIA SNOB?
Forsythias are positively common. The old hybrids of Forsythia suspensa and F. viridissima grow everywhere in American suburban gardens, a fact that only exacerbates the general vulgarity of their display. For the whole thrust of hybridizers in creating these plants was to produce ever-brighter shades of chrome yellow, and ever more of it. These hybrids, varieties of Forsythia x intermedia, are represented at their best (or worst, we would say) by the cultivars 'Beatrix Farrand', 'Karl Sax', 'Lynwood', and 'Specatbilis'--all rather stiffly upright growing with large flowers of a brassy, screaming yellow. From A Year at North Hill, by Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck.
OR A FORSYTHIA FAN?
Forsythia is pure joy. There is not an ounce, not a glimmer of sadness or even knowledge in forsythia. Pure, undiluted, untouched joy. From Bring Me a Unicorn by Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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See you next month! Until then, Keep calm and garden on!
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