Forsythia (Flowers)

For me spring is yellow. Have you noticed that many spring flowers are yellow? Travelling round the Mediterranean Sea in the spring months you can see fields of yellow marguerites beside the country lanes, if you have crocuses in your garden, you'll know that the yellow ones come out first and the violet and white ones follow later, and not to forget daffodils and forsythia! I asked a colleague, a teacher of biology, why that was so, but he was baffled, he didn't know and hadn't even noticed the phenomenon, however he admitted that my observation was right. Anybody out there with an explanation? I'd like to tell you something about the forsythia shrub (the ...  Read the complete review

One of my favourite flowering shrubs is in full swing in the garden at the moment .We had our first Forsythia quite a few years ago in our second home and recently have rediscovered them . I bought the one I have in the back garden a couple of years ago from Wilko . It was a very small shrub then , bought in a wrapper similar to when you buy roses .We planted it near our fish pond , in a corner , as I didn't think it would grow quite as big as it has . Despite being pruned it is over six feet high . The downside is , it has gone a bit woody , but I still love this plant . If you haven't seen one or are unsure which plant I mean it's a shrub which ...  Read the complete review