Nothing Gold Can Stay

While walking the docks this week our customer service team spotted some stunning forsythia. We wanted to share some photos. I'm just sure the forsythia was the inspiration for Robert Frost to write his famous poem Nothing Gold Can Stay. Remember the forsythia when working up your orders as this plant is currently prime and the lovely gold is "her hardest hue to hold".


Lynwood Gold





















Hardy, rapid, and upright growing shrub to 6 feet tall. Brilliant golden yellow flowers open fully and are very heavily distributed along the stems in spring before the foliage emerges.


Showy Border















Large bright yellow flowers are reliably produced each year, and on each plant. Flowers are produced in early spring, followed by medium green foliage. Growth habit is a vase to upright shape with a moderate growth rate.



Other varieties include:

Meadowlark- This is an extremely hardy (-35 degrees) Forsythia. Its compact growth habit 6-9 feet high, dark green and pest-free foliage, and masses of striking yellow flowers, make this an exceptionally popular flowering shrub. Good in masses or as a specimen.


Northern Gold- An upright shrub 6 to 8 feet tall with gray-yellow branches. Flowers are golden yellow with good bud cold hardiness.


And we leave you with:

Nature's first green is gold,
Here hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower,
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf,
So Eden sank to grief.
So dawn goes down to day,
Nothing gold can stay.
-Robert Frost