Northern Sun Forsythia. Tolerant of a variety of soils this shrub should be grown in full sun for the best flower production. Forsythia northern sun produces large golden yellow flowers in very early spring and was selected because the flower buds can survive very cold temperatures minus 30 degrees fahrenheit.
Northern sun is a new forsythia which is specifically recommended for landscape use in minnesota and other northern areas where common forsythia intermedia cultivars are not reliably hardy. Forsythia northern sun produces large golden yellow flowers in very early spring and was selected because the flower buds can survive very cold temperatures minus 30 degrees fahrenheit. This cultivar has produced a spectacular display of yellow flowers very early in he spring following winter temperatures of 30f.
Introduced to the trade in 1982 it is sold by some conventional nurseries in the upper midwest and other northern areas of the us and in southern canada.
The arching branches will grow to 10 feet in height and 8 feet across. Forsythia forsythia spp are non native shrubs grown for their yellow flowers that bloom in early spring they are easy plants to grow because of their adaptability. This is one of the best of the more cold hardy forsythia cultivars selected from a hybrid species of the early korean forsythia x the european albanian forsythia. Introduced to the trade in 1982 it is sold by some conventional nurseries in the upper midwest and other northern areas of the us and in southern canada.