An explosion of golden-yellow flowers in March and April, even before the leaves. Very hardy and easy, it withstands down to −25 °C.
Forsythia heralds spring: its branches are covered with golden flowers before the leaves appear. Easy to grow, it forms a shrub 2 to 3 m tall, perfect in a flowering hedge or as a specimen.
Ordinary soil, not too chalky. Prune just after flowering, removing a few old branches: it will flower even more the following year.
15 to 25 cm, in a small pot or with a root ball depending on the season.
A farm-grown plant raised outdoors at 1,000 m altitude in the Livradois-Forez Regional Nature Park: never in a heated greenhouse, fed with organic fertiliser only and grown following permaculture principles.