Forsythia viridissima 'Bronxensis'
Common name:
Bronxensis Greenstem Forsythia
Pronunciation:
for-SITH-i-a vir-i-DIS-si-ma
Family:
Oleaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous shrub, dwarf cultivar, 1 ft high and 2-3 ft wide (0.3 x 0.6-0.9 m), compact, flat-topped. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate leaves, serrated, 2-4.5 cm long. The stem is often greenish, and the pith chambered. Flowers perfect, yellow.
- This cultivar grows well in a container. Popular in the Midwest and East.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Species native to China. ‘Bronxensis’ was grown from a Japanese seed source at the Bronx Botanical Garden, New York, 1939.
- Portland, OR: Elk Rock
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