Forsythia x intermedia 'Flojor' MINIGOLD® golden bell
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
1-1,5m
usual width
1-1,5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
April-May
location
full to partial sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Golden bell is one of the earliest blooming shrubs in Central European spring. Though considered one of the most usual, perhaps boring, and omnipresent shrubs, once it puts up its millions of vivid yellow flowers, it cheers up many winter-tired faces. Forsythia x intermedia is supposed to be a hybrid between F. suspensa x F. viridissima, found by H. Zabel as a single seedling in Göttingen Botanical Garden in 1878. Eleven years later it was introduced by Arnold Arboretum in the USA and has been a popular shrub ever since.
Description of the plant:
MINIGOLD® is a French variety of compact and shorter growing golden bell from 1972. It makes strong and upright branches, covered with a profusion of sulphur-yellow flowers from April. They are usually not visited by bees as they contain very little nectar and are only used if other flowers destined to bloom at the same time are for some reason late. Deciduous leaves are lanceolate, serrated at margins, mid-green in summer and deep rose-maroon in autumn. There may be a pale yellow-green band running along the midrib, but some mother plants come from a clone lacking this feature. The bark is orange-brown. It can be pruned almost any time from spring until early autumn, however, it makes the best sense to do so after flowering. Light trimming is usually not desired, it is often pruned harder (by about 50 %) or more for rejuvenation This forsythia can even be cut into old wood and readily regenerates. It grows considerably slower than most older varieties.
Golden bell belongs to the same olive family as many other easy-to-grow shrubs of temperate climate such as philadelphus, syringa, ligustrum or fraxinus. It is widely soil adaptable and requires zero maintenance. It will tolerate poor soil, both temporary drought or occasional flooding, quick temperature swings, and road salt. Fully hardy to min. -29 °C (USDA zone 5) but withstands short spells of deeper frost.
Last update 14-10-2023
SIZES and PRICES
shrub
height 40-60 cm
360 Kč
shrub
width 30-50 cm
1 240 Kč
shrub
width 30-50 cm
1 240 Kč
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
