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Forsythia viridissima 'Gold Leaf'
Forsythia
Plant Type:
DECIDUOUS SHRUBSForsythia viridissima ‘Gold Leaf’ – They are hefty and tall and may be judiciously pruned to accommodate box size and to keep stratospheric shipping costs at bay. 'Gold Leaf' is also an older form with bright yellow-lime foliage that absolutely glows in the part shade garden in which it will thrive. Too much sun and the beautiful foliage will burn. It is easy-natured in fertile soil growing smaller than the x intermedia cultivars. ‘Gold Leaf’ produces fewer flowers than many other forsythia but we grow it for the foliage that lights up in open shade all season long. ‘Gold Leaf’ came to us with an F. viridissima moniker though Michael Dirr places it with F. x intermedia. Established shrub, cutting grown.
Characteristics and Attributes for Forsythia viridissima 'Gold Leaf'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Early Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Interesting Bark
- Colored
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Mostly Sunny
Attributes
- Hedgerow
- Border
- Massing
- Shrub Border
- Hedge
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Moderately Fast
Soil
- Draining
- Fertile
- Moist
- Woodland
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown
Genus Overview: Forsythia
Forsythia. We're not big fans of Forsythia in that they flower gloriously for a few weeks but then settle into undistinguished, tousled and boring summer torpor. Winter isn't much better with wild-haired yellowish stems displaying little character. Having said that we do like the variegated, golden-foliaged and dwarf forms; the golden or variegated forms can make good background or contrast with perennials and other shrubs all through the growing season; the dwarf forms, like 'Bronxensis' make great filler and foreground shrubs and also actually display decent autumn leaf color.