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Forsythia x intermedia 'Ford Freeway'
Forsythia
Plant Type:
DECIDUOUS SHRUBSForsythia x intermedia 'Ford Freeway' - This is a subtly variegated, large growing and uncommon form with all green blades irregularly streaked and splashed with lighter silvery-green markings. Typical yellow four-petaled tubular flowers open with easy abandon in the early part of spring in northeastern Connecticut. Good hedgerow, hedging or background shrub of typical carefree disposition. Established shrub, cutting grown.
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Characteristics and Attributes for Forsythia x intermedia 'Ford Freeway'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Early Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer
Interesting Bark
- Wiry
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Hedgerow
- Border
- Screen
- Massing
- Shrub Border
- Hedge
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Moderately Fast
Soil
- Adaptable
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.