Forsythia × intermedia ‘Primulina’
Description:
A chance seedling discovered in 1912 by the dendrologist Alfred Rehder (1863-1949) whilst working at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, N. America's oldest public arboretum. It displayed soft paler yellow flowers than other cultivars and subsequently produced a sport noted by Mr Hovarth of Ohio. This sport, a single branch significantly more floriferous with larger flowers, came into cultivation as ‘Spring Glory’ and went on to outshine the parent plant in popularity.
Threat Status:
Threatened In Cultivation
As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/
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