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Forsythia in Bloom
This year my Forsythia had the most blooms in the over 12 years I've
lived here. When I moved here this bush was already over 10 years old so its old. I've been struggling taming this bush for the last 7 years and last year I got so frustrated with it I almost chopped the entire bush down. Then I went to google to figure out how to prune it. Paghat's site was in the first page of links when I used "pruning forsythia" as keywords. I learned to just let the bush be and do nothing. This spring it has the most flowers I have ever seen. Here's a pic: http://www.brandylion.com/images/forsythia.jpg |
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Do these bushes require full sun ???
Nice picture !!! --James-- |
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:34:46 -0500, Mark Anderson wrote:
This year my Forsythia had the most blooms in the over 12 years I've lived here. When I moved here this bush was already over 10 years old so its old. I've been struggling taming this bush for the last 7 years and last year I got so frustrated with it I almost chopped the entire bush down. Then I went to google to figure out how to prune it. Paghat's site was in the first page of links when I used "pruning forsythia" as keywords. I learned to just let the bush be and do nothing. This spring it has the most flowers I have ever seen. Here's a pic: http://www.brandylion.com/images/forsythia.jpg Congrats! You should see the one's in my neighborhood! I have burning bushes instead. |
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now if you want to see what NO pruning will do for forsythia's that are
spaced the right amount, give me a holler and I'll send you a picture of my neighbor's down the road whose forsythia's are over 50 years old and never been whacked. This year they were awesome.............. madgardener, who finally totally removed one 35 year old forsythia and still has the other one that I prune a third out of every year since moving here ten years ago "Mark Anderson" wrote in message .net... This year my Forsythia had the most blooms in the over 12 years I've lived here. When I moved here this bush was already over 10 years old so its old. I've been struggling taming this bush for the last 7 years and last year I got so frustrated with it I almost chopped the entire bush down. Then I went to google to figure out how to prune it. Paghat's site was in the first page of links when I used "pruning forsythia" as keywords. I learned to just let the bush be and do nothing. This spring it has the most flowers I have ever seen. Here's a pic: http://www.brandylion.com/images/forsythia.jpg |
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yes they do.........., but I have a rooted branch down in my filtered woods
and it's doing nicely with the indirect south and western sunlight.......... madgardener, zone 7, Eastern TEnnessee, Sunset zone 36 "James" wrote in message ... Do these bushes require full sun ??? Nice picture !!! --James-- |
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forsythia need to be whacked back, renewal pruning so there is fresh wood for
flowers. About 12 years ago I got fed up with my mothers forsythia "row" that wasnt doing anything (despite being in the sun). I ordered 4 different varieties of forsythia specific for our area (zone 5) and planted them and waited to see which one did the best. One of them was superior in quality and quantity of flowering. that one I propagated (they root sooo easily). In the meantime I removed the row of forsythia that was there, I put rabbit fencing up along the entire line of new ones (rabbit chewing newer wood results in little to no flowers), fertilized and mulched. 6 years ago I moved out and they were not pruned at all, but this year again they are magnificent altho they are also totally out of control. Ingrid Mark Anderson wrote: This year my Forsythia had the most blooms in the over 12 years I've lived here. When I moved here this bush was already over 10 years old so its old. I've been struggling taming this bush for the last 7 years and last year I got so frustrated with it I almost chopped the entire bush down. Then I went to google to figure out how to prune it. Paghat's site was in the first page of links when I used "pruning forsythia" as keywords. I learned to just let the bush be and do nothing. This spring it has the most flowers I have ever seen. Here's a pic: http://www.brandylion.com/images/forsythia.jpg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://list.lovemyoldhome.com/puregold/ WEBSITE AT: http://www.mu.edu/~buxtoni/puregold/home.html www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the recommendations I make. AND I DID NOT AUTHORIZE ADS AT THE OLD PUREGOLD SITE |
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