Knowing how and when to prune forsythia is critical for keeping this shrub healthy and its spring blooms bountiful. It's among the first shrubs to bloom in landscapes as winter begins to fade, its ...

This forsythia hedge has very few flowers because the hedge is crowded with invasive trees and the remaining forsythia branches were sheared back in the fall, removing the spring-flowering wood. The ...

It’s easy to be seduced by spring bulbs as the main source of color and interest as we move out of winter gloom. But it’s good to mix things up with low-growing and mid-height spring-flowering shrubs ...

Question: I have forsythia and flowering quince. When and how to I prune these? They have rampant growth, but I don’t want to accidentally prune so much that I don’t get any flowers next year. Answer: ...

Due to the extra warm winter we've had this year, it’s been a good spring for forsythia. There are loads of yellow flowers on forsythia shrubs all around our area. You may have noticed some bushes ...

Dear Carol: I'm hoping you can explain this to me. We have had a forsythia for years. The past few years (at least five) it has had numerous blooms on it in the fall. Why would it have a second ...

I have received a flood of questions pertaining to the beautiful yellow flowering plant blooming right now. It seems people think the Forsythia is blooming too early. This happens every year around ...

Editors Note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture & Natural Resources in Franklin County, will answer gardening questions submitted by Dispatch readers.