Forsythia intermedia Golden Times

Forsythia x intermedia Golden Times is an ornamental shrub, with deciduous foliage, variegated with yellow and green, and is one of the first to flower at the end of winter.

The upright and then spreading branches of Forsythia Golden Times bear numerous small bell-shaped flowers in bright yellow from March to April. They appear before the spectacular foliage with beautiful light green leaves with yellow margins. The effect is superb, giving you a true golden ball in your flower beds or hedges. This young plant will undoubtedly brighten up a dull hedge or flower bed.

Growing rapidly, Forsythia Golden Times can reach a height of 1.5m (4 ft 11 in) at maturity. It is a hardy plant native to China and Japan.

Nicknamed the Paris Mimosa, the Forsythia Golden Times can be grown either individually or in groups in flower beds, particularly with Abelia grandiflora, smoke bush, Mahonia or Mock Orange. It can be used in flowering hedges as its branching is quite low. You can also train it against a wall. Its flowers can be cut. In early December, cut one or two branches and put them in a vase, they will bloom for Christmas. The Forsythia x intermedia is a cross between Forsythia suspensa and Forsythia viridissima.