| Description | This section will have some general shots of unknown cultivars. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (for-SITH-i-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | yellow flowers in early spring before the leaves emerge |
| Leaves | simple green leaves, can have nice purple fall color |
| Stems | twigs yellowish brown with distinct lenticels, reminds me of pretzels |
| Dimensions | depending on cultivar 6-10 by 6-10, a rank growing shrub unless pruned to shape |
| Maintenance | flowers are produced on new wood, so prune immediately after flowering, can be pruned hard |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Most of the newer cultivars have much hardier buds than the older cultivars |
| Author's Notes | On the older cultivars during rough winters, only the buds on the branches buried in the snow would survive. It was a strange sight with the bottom 1/3-1/4 of the shrub yellow with flowers and the rest of the shrub none. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #226-Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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