FORSYTHIA BRANCHES

Availability: Late winter, Early Spring
Shelf Life: 5-7 Days
Color: Yellow
Very Slight flower fragrance
Sold by: Bunches
Bunches: 7-10 stms

Botanical Name : Forsythia X intermedia
Common Name : Forsythia
Product Use : Cut Flower
Pronunciation : for-SITH-ee-a in-ter-MEED-ee-a
Family Roots : Member of the Oleaceae (olive) family.

Native to China and Eastern Europe.

Close relatives include ash, jasmine, osmanthus, lilac and olive.

Personality : Small delicate flowers with strap-shaped petals occur along woody branches.

Stems are cut to various lengths in winter to early spring, before flowers begin to open.

Plant is a deciduous shrub, classed as a dicotyledon, leaves not parallel veined.

Ethylene Sensitivity : Low

Care and Handling : Recut stems under water and place into a fresh flower food solution.

Tidbits : Named after William Forsyth (1737-1804), a Scottish gardener who became superintendent of the Royal Garden of Kensington Palace.

The specific epithet name "intermedia" means of intermediate size. The "X" signifies that this is a cross between at least two different species.

Flowers appear before the leaves.

Cut dormant branches can be forced into bloom by immersing them in 82 F water for 12 hours, then placing them upright in opening solution at 59-64 F and high humidity for 1-3 weeks.

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