Show Off Starlet Forsythia
Forsythia x intermedia ‘Minfor6’ · a dwarf mounding forsythia
A dwarf Show Off forsythia that makes a tidy mound smothered in deep yellow flowers in early spring. It shrugs off city conditions and seldom needs pruning; if it does, prune right after it blooms.
- Mature size
- 3 × 3.5 ft
- 0.8 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 5a–8a
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part sun
- Water
- Medium
- Blooms
- Mar–Apr
Show Off Starlet Forsythia at its mature size
A mature Show Off Starlet Forsythia grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Clemson Extension, c4.provenwinners.com, waysidegardens.com.
Through the year
What Show Off Starlet Forsythia looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Dec–Feb
A compact mound of bare tan-brown stems.
In flower · Mar–Apr
A compact leafless mound smothered in deep yellow bell flowers.
In leaf · May–Oct
A compact mound of green lance leaves.
Fall · Nov
Leaves turning maroon.
Growing Show Off Starlet Forsythia
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Good for
- Small space and foundation planting
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- Garden hybrid
Spacing
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Show Off Starlet Forsythia, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Show Off Starlet Forsythia in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other forsythias
Gold Tide ForsythiaShow Off Starlet Forsythia
Show Off Forsythia
Border ForsythiaAll drawn to the same scale.