Grow Abeliophyllum White Forsythia for Spring Scent
Abeliophyllum distichum also called White Forsythia is more refined than traditional yellow Forsythia to which it is distantly related, both being part of the Olive family.
Growing White Forsythia
Abeliophyllum distichum roseum group is the seldom seen pink form. According to Junker’s nursery ‘It is sometimes called “Pink Forsythia” but this reflects more its time of flowering than either its colour or parentage! A very pretty plant that stays quite small, rarely more than 3 feet tall’.
Junker’s Nursery is a mail order specialist growers of an exciting range of hardy shrubs and trees, including: Acer, Betula, Cornus, Daphne, Epimedium, deciduous Euonymus, Liquidambar, Magnolia, Parrotia, and Viburnum. See link above.
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