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Forsythia 'NIMBUS'

Forsythia - Show Off® Sugar Baby®

$22.95
This miniature Forsythia delivers an outstanding spring display. 'Show Off®' Sugar Baby® is an upright compact dwarf with bright yellow early spring flowers. Tuck this charmer into the smallest of spaces! Deer resistant, shade tolerant, and drought tolerant, too. No need for pruning. You will be thrilled with this cheery miniature forsythia as a specimen plant, in mixed borders, rock gardens and cut flower arrangements.

Key Plant Details

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Planting Zones:

5, 6, 7, 8

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Soil Type:

Clay, Sandy, Loamy

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Light Requirement:

Part Shade, Part Sun, Sun

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Moisture:

Average

Plant Characteristics

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Mature Size:

1-2 feet in height, 2-3 foot spread

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Annual Growth Rate:

Moderate

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Flower Color:

Yellow

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Bloom Time:

Spring

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Shop By Use:

Attracts Pollinators, Deer Resistant, Juglone Tolerant

Care Tips

Care Tips - Growing:

One of the most shade tolerant and deer resistant flowering shrubs. Excellent for cut flowers.

Care Tips - Pruning:

Blooms on old wood - prune to shape after flowering. Benefits from rejuvenation every 4-6 years since thick stems do not flower as abundantly as younger growth.

Care Tips - Soil:

Adaptable to any well-drained soil.

Care Tips - Uses:

Specimen plant; rock gardens; mixed borders.

Zone Map

This plant will grow in these zones

5-8