Abeliophyllum distichum
White Forsythia, Korean Abelialeaf
Pronunciation
a-BEEL-i-o-FY-lum DIS-tick-um
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Family
Genus
Nativity
Central Korea
Growth Habit
Multi-stemmed (often straggly) small shrub
Hardiness
5
Culture
Well drained soils, prefers full sun or very light shade
Landscape Use
Provides early spring color, best if set off by dark green background
Foliage
Opposite, simple 2-3.5 inches ovate to elliptic ovate
Buds
Buds are imbricate, brown, small with 3 exposed scales, glaborous, form 45 degree angle with stem
Bark
Smooth brown
Flower
.5 inch white or faintly tinged pink, 4 petaled and fragrant.
Fruit
Two-celled compressed rounded capsules which is winged all the way around
Propagation
Softwood cuttings, seeds.
Pests
None serious.
Cultivars
'Roseum'
