Flowers:
Yellow (Lovely, 4-petaled bright yellow flowers (1.25-1.5" across) held horizonally on branches; early to mid spring)
Foliage:
Green (Summer foliage); Yellow (Generally poor yellow-green to purple tinged in the fall)
Fruit:
Brown (Capsule; not ornamentally important)
Soil:
Quite adaptable to soil type
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (3-5" long by 1.5-2.5" wide) are opposite, simple, and entire near base and toothed near tip. Flowers form in leaf axils. Multiple buds at nodes. Four-sided, greenish-brown stems having chambered pith and solid pith at nodes (Forsythia suspensa has hollow internodes).
