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Forsythia × intermedia

Hybrid flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae

Forsythia × intermedia

Hybrid flowering plant in the olive family Oleaceae

Forsythia × intermedia, or border forsythia, is an ornamental deciduous shrub of garden origin.

Description

The shrub has an upright habit with arching branches and grows to 3 to 4 metres high. The opposite leaves turn yellowish or occasionally purplish in the autumn before falling. The bright yellow flowers are produced on one- to two-year-old growth and may be solitary or in racemes from 2 to 6.

Origin

The hybrid is thought to be a cross between Forsythia viridissima and F. suspensa var. fortunei. Zabel formally described and named the hybrid in Gartenflora in 1885. It was introduced to the Arnold Arboretum in the United States in 1889.

Cultivation

The hybrid is best suited to a position in full sun or partial shade and is drought-tolerant. Like some other forsythias it is one of the earliest shrubs to flower. Well adapted to temperature changes, it blooms with bright yellow flowers that are noticeable even in twilight. It is one of several forsythia species that are widely cultivated in gardens and parks.

Cultivars

Cultivars include (those marked have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit):

  • 'Arnold Dwarf' – low-growing with pale yellow flowers
  • 'Beatrix Farrand' – a particularly floriferous cultivar
  • 'Gold Tide' ('Courtasol') – floriferous, with deep yellow autumn colour
  • 'Karl Sax' – deep yellow flowers with orange lines in the throat. Introduced by the Arnold Arboretum in 1960.
  • 'Lynwood' – large flowers with broad petals
  • 'Lynwood Variety'{{cite web
  • 'Spectabilis'
  • 'Spring Glory' – purple-tinged foliage in autumn
  • 'Variegata' – leaves with contrasting cream edges
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Chemistry

The first dirigent protein was discovered in Forsythia intermedia. This protein has been found to direct the stereoselective biosynthesis of (+)-pinoresinol from coniferyl alcohol monomers.

Reaction of monolignol radicals in the presence of dirigent protein to form (+)-pinoresinol

References

References

  1. Dirr, Michael A.. (1997). "Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs - An Illustrated Encyclopedia". Timber Press.
  2. Rowell, Raymond J.. (1980). "Ornamental Flowering Trees in Australia". AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd..
  3. "''Forsythia x intermedia''". NC State University.
  4. "''Forsythia x intermedia''". INRA Centre d'Angers.
  5. {{GRIN
  6. (July 2017). "AGM Plants - Ornamental". Royal Horticultural Society.
  7. (1997). "Stereoselective bimolecular phenoxy radical coupling by an auxiliary (dirigent) protein without an active center". Science.
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