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Show Off™ Sugar Baby Forsythia

  • Exposure
    • Sun
  • Season
    • Early Spring
    • Spring
  • Mature Size
    • 18 - 30 Inches
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ColorChoice® Flowering Shrubs
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Show Off™ Sugar Baby Forsythia
Sun 18 - 30

Add spring color to even the smallest garden!  This miniature, upright selection delivers more flowers per inch to create an outstanding spring display.  A very compact, dwarf plant which provides lots of spring color in a small space.  This new variety will be available in better garden centers Spring 2013.

Features

Bright yellow early spring flowers.  Dwarf habit.  Outstanding flower display.  Deer resistant.

Resists: 
Deer
Small or Minature

Characteristics

Shrub Type: 
Deciduous
Height Category: 
Short
Garden Height: 
18 - 30 Inches
Spacing Maximum: 
36 Inches
Spread: 
18 - 30 Inches
Flower Colors: 
Yellow
Foliage Colors: 
Green
Habit: 
Upright

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 
Sun
Blooms On: 
Old Wood
Bloom Time: 
Spring
Hardiness Zones: 
4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
Uses: 
Border Plant
Uses: 
Container
Uses: 
Landscape
Uses Notes: 

Specimen plant; mixed borders.

Duration: 
Shrub
Water Category: 
Average
Maintenance Category: 
Easy
Maintenance Notes: 

Prefers a good, loose soil, but is very adaptable.  pH adaptable, air pollution tolerant, withstands city conditions.  Pruning is seldom needed, but may be done immediately after flowering.  Old stems can be cut to the ground.  Fertilize in spring.

Patent Information: 
Show Off™ Sugar Baby Forsythia 'NIMBUS' PPAF
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