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'''''Forsythia''''' '''×''' '''''intermedia'''''  ('''Border Forsythia''')<ref name=Dirr>{{cite book|author=Dirr, Michael A.| title=Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs - An Illustrated Encyclopedia| publisher=Timber Press|page=58 | year=1997 | id=ISBN 0-88192-404-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CmKi3t5qZe4C&pg=PA158&dq=Forsythia%20xintermedia| accessdate=2009-06-02}}</ref>is an ornamental deciduous [[shrub]] of garden origin.

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The shrub has an upright habit with arching branches and grows to 3 to 4 metres high.<ref name=Rowell>{{cite book|author=Rowell, Raymond J.| title=Ornamental Flowering Trees in Australia| publisher=AH & AW Reed Pty Ltd|location=Australia | year=1980 | id=ISBN 0-589-50178-X}}</ref>  The opposite leaves turn yellowish or occasionally purplish in the autumn before falling.<ref name=NYSU>{{cite web|title=''Forsythia x intermedia''|work=Plant fact sheets | publisher= NC State University | url=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/shrubs/forsythia_xintermedia.html|accessdate=2009-06-01}}</ref> The usually pale-yellow flowers are produced on one- to two-year-old growth and may be solitary or in racemes from 2 to 6.<ref name = Rowell/>  

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The hybrid is thought to be a cross between ''[[Forsythia viridissima]]'' and [[Forsythia suspensa|''F. suspensa'' var.''fortunei'']].<ref name=INRA/>

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Forsythia intermedia, Zabel (F. suspensa x F. viridissima,). Shrub, with slender, erect or arching branches: lvs. oblong to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes 3-lobed or ternate, usually coarsely serrate, 3-4 in. long: fls. almost like those of F. suspensa var. Fortunei. Gt. 1885:1182; 40, p. 397. Gn.W. 22:181. Var. vitellina, Koehne (F. vitellina, Koehne). With upright or spreading branches: fls. deep yellow, little over 1 in. long. Var. spectabilis, Spaeth (F. spectdbilis, Koehne). Upright with spreading and somewhat arching branches: fls. somewhat paler than of the preceding, 1 1/3 in. long, often 5-6-merous. Var. densiflora. Koehne (F. densiflora, Koehne). Upright shrub with divaricately spreading and slender arching branches: fls. crowded at the base of the branches, rather pale with flat slightly recurved corolla-lobes. Gt. 55, pp. 230, 231. Var. primulina, Rehd. Upright shrub, with spreading and arching branches: fls. crowded at the base of the branches, pale yellow; lobes of the corolla revolute at the margin.—F. intermedia is often confounded with forms of F. suspensa. In foliage it resembles much the following, which has the lvs. narrower, always simple, usually serrate only above the middle, with smaller teeth. It is as hardy as F. suspensa and very floriferous.

Forsythia intermedia, Zabel (F. suspensa x F. viridissima,). Shrub, with slender, erect or arching branches: lvs. oblong to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes 3-lobed or ternate, usually coarsely serrate, 3-4 in. long: fls. almost like those of F. suspensa var. Fortunei. Gt. 1885:1182; 40, p. 397. Gn.W. 22:181. Var. vitellina, Koehne (F. vitellina, Koehne). With upright or spreading branches: fls. deep yellow, little over 1 in. long. Gt. 55, pp. 227, 228. Var. spectabilis, Spaeth (F. spectdbilis, Koehne). Upright with spreading and somewhat arching branches: fls. somewhat paler than of the preceding, 1 1/3 in. long, often 5-6-merous. Gt. 55, p. 229. G. 35: 255. Var. densiflora. Koehne (F. densiflora, Koehne). Upright shrub with divaricately spreading and slender arching branches: fls. crowded at the base of the branches, rather pale with flat slightly recurved corolla-lobes. Gt. 55, pp. 230, 231. Var. primulina, Rehd. Upright shrub, with spreading and arching branches: fls. crowded at the base of the branches, pale yellow; lobes of the corolla revolute at the margin.—F. intermedia is often confounded with forms of F. suspensa. In foliage it resembles much the following, which has the lvs. narrower, always simple, usually serrate only above the middle, with smaller teeth. It is as hardy as F. suspensa and very floriferous.

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==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==

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The hybrid is best suited to a position with full sun or partial shade and is drought-tolerant.<ref name=NYSU/> Like some other [[forsythia]]s, it is one of the earliest or even the earliest shrub to [[bloom]] in [[humid continental climate]], well adapted to temperature changes, blooms with bright yellow flowers, that are noticeable even in [[twilight]]. This makes forsythias widely cultivated in gardens, parks and various green parts of European towns, with ''Forsythia x intermedia'' hybrid being the most popular among forsythias.

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==Species==

==Varieties==

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*'Arnold Dwarf' - low-growing with pale yellow flowers<ref name=NYSU/>

*'Beatrix Farrand' - a particularly floriferous cultivar<ref name=NYSU/>

*'Gold Tide' ('Courtasol') - floriferous, with deep yellow autumn colour<ref name=NYSU/>

*'Spring Glory' -  purple-tinged foliage in autumn<ref name=NYSU/>

*'Variegata' - leaves with contrasting cream edges<ref name=NYSU/>

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