{"id":1064,"date":"2014-09-17T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=1064"},"modified":"2014-11-14T19:11:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T19:11:14","slug":"weeping-forsythia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/weeping-forsythia\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeping Forsythia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Weeping Forsythia <em>(Forsythia suspensa)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forsythia_suspensa.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-239\" style=\"display: block; float: left; padding-right: 2%; overflow: hidden; min-width: 40%; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: text-top;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forsythia_suspensa.jpg\" alt=\"Weeping Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa)\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/shrub.gif\" alt=\"shrub\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/meadow.gif\" alt=\"meadow\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bloom time: <\/strong>April &#8211; May<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional photos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 5%; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forsythia_suspensa_1238616550.jpg\">Forsythia suspensa<\/a><br \/>credit: Melanie Priesnitz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General: <\/strong>Deciduous (drops its leaves in fall) weeping garden shrub that is a member of the olive family, grows to at least 1-3 m high. The bark is rough and grey-brown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaves &amp; Twigs:<\/strong>Leaves are opposite with smooth or toothed edges, and are 2-10 cm in length. The twigs are hollow with small bumps called lenticels (air exchange areas).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flowers &amp; Fruits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: 5%; overflow: hidden;\">\n<li>Yellow flowers appear in early spring before the leaves emerge.<\/li>\n<li>Each flower has 4 petals joined at the base, each petal about 2cm long.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Native to Asia, commonly planted as a garden shrub.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PlantWatch Pointers: <\/strong>Ensure that the Forsythia that you&#8217;re watching is the Weeping form. Choose a shrub that is at least 10m away from a building.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First bloom:  When the first flowers are open on the observed shrub in 3 places.<\/li>\n<li>Mid bloom: When approximately half (50%) of the flowers on the plant under observation are now open, and the other half are still unopened buds.<\/li>\n<li>Leaf out: When the first leaves are completely unfolded on the shrub in 3 places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Distribution Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/09\/forsythia_map.jpg\" alt=\"Distribution Map\" width=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This species is monitored in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Newfoundland and Labrador<\/li>\n<li>Nova Scotia<\/li>\n<li>Ontario<\/li>\n<li>Quebec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 2% 5%; padding: 1%; border-left: 5px solid #fdb714; background-color: #ff8200; float: left; width: 90%; color: #fff; font-style: italic;\"><p>Considered one of the 50 fundamental herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. Root, leaves, flowers and fruit are used as a medicinal. Its uses include; as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and diuretic, and as a stimulant for the nervous system, heart, and gall bladder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weeping Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa) Bloom time: April &#8211; May Additional photos: Forsythia suspensacredit: Melanie Priesnitz General: Deciduous (drops its leaves in fall) weeping garden shrub that is a member of the olive family, grows to at least 1-3 m high.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1064","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Weeping Forsythia - PlantWatch<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/weeping-forsythia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Weeping Forsythia - PlantWatch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Weeping Forsythia (Forsythia suspensa) Bloom time: April &#8211; 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