Abeliophyllum Species, Korean Abelia, White Forsythia

I've grown Korean white forsythia for many years. I think I ordered it from White Flower Farm originally. It has survived construction ...Read Moreprojects, transplantation, and division, and it has bloomed reliably despite the Minneapolis (Zone 4) winters. The sweet-scented flowers are very welcome in early spring. It's not particularly interesting outside of the blooming season, but when nothing else is flowering, it's a real garden treasure.

A sprawling, shapeless, unkempt multistemmed shrub that needs support to stand up. Its only virtue is its white early spring flowers. It ...Read Morecomes into bloom a few days before the forsythias. It may produce little flurries of blossoms in late fall and in warm spells in midwinter. I've also seen winters when most or all of the flower buds are blasted here (Boston, Z6a).

Because it is beautiful for such a short season, it should be placed where it is not visually prominent when out of bloom. Because of its habit, it may be best positioned where it can hang down from the top of a retaining wall. Or perhaps this is better grown for cutting and forcing for winter flower arrangements than for its landscape presence.

I was given mine by a friend. Put it next to a yellow forsythia. It blooms nicely with lots of blossoms. One drawback is they do not last...Read More as long as the yellow ones.

I ordered and planted this lovely sweet smelling white forsythia three years ago and it was small, planted it on the setting sun side of ...Read Moreour home, and it flowered for its first time this year! Wow, what a treat!! We have two yellows which we love but this white with fragrance is very special and we're so pleased that it's happy in our zone 5!!!!

I identified this shrub during our first spring in our new home. It's flowers were pretty, but not as showy as forsythia (It may be too ...Read Moreshaded). The branches are gnarled with age and the leaves are lush green.

I have recently become acquainted with the 'Roseum' form of Abeliophyllum distichum. It has true rosey colored blooms and is fragrant an...Read Mored most attractive. It blooms about late March in northern Cecil County, Maryland. I have a relative who will be trying it in zone 6, near Pittsburgh. It tends to sprawl and cascades so planting over a wall's edge seems best to most enjoy its unique Forsythia-like blooms. It also seems to most enjoy rich, moist, well-drained soil. When it blooms next spring, I will include a picture.

This round, deciduous shrub with a multi-stemmed habit is commonly called white forsythia. It is a rapid grower which will produce archin...Read Moreg branches up to 5' tall and 4' wide. It is grown primarily for its very early, often profuse, spring bloom which consists of dense axillary clusters of white (sometimes with a pink tinge), 4-petaled, slightly fragrant flowers which open from purple buds in late March and cover the naked stems before the leaves unfold. Bloom slightly precedes related true forsythias. After bloom, the medium green foliage is generally unremarkable and produces little if any fall color.