Forsythia

Scientific name Forsythia suspensa

English name Weeping Forsythia

Alias ​​Shou Dan

Oleaceae

Morphological characteristics

Deciduous shrubs. Basal branches, branches arched sagging, branchlets brown, slightly angular, with raised lenticels, hollow internodes. Leaves simple or 3-lobed, opposite, ovate or elliptic-ovate. Flowers golden yellow, first leaves open. Flowering from April to May. Capsule ovoid, mature in October.

Main points of breeding

It can be cut, sowed and propagated in different plants. The cuttings were carried out from February to March. Sowing right after sowing in October in autumn, after the wet sand layered in the following year from February to March drilling. Seedlings are planted on the fertile soil with good drainage when they are transplanted into the leaves during the deciduous period; after the flower is cut, dry branches, weak branches and leaves, too dense and too old branches are cut after flowering, and attention is paid to the rhizosphere fertilization.

Application value Forsythia chinensis blooms in early spring, golden branches, bright and lovely, is an excellent flowering shrub in early spring. Appropriate to the house side, pavilions, wall hangings, under the fence and roadside configuration, but also suitable for the riverside, poolside, rock, planting under the rockery. Because of its well-developed root system, it can be planted as a flower bud or berm tree. Stems, leaves, fruits, roots can be used as medicine.