Identifying a couple of shrubs

Ho Yan, I'm not sure of the first, although it looks familiar. The second looks like Forsythia


Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Variety'
forsythia 'Lynwood Variety'



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• Other common namesforsythia 'Lynwood Variety'
  
  
• SynonymsForsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood'
  Forsythia × intermedia 'Lynwood Gold'
  
  
• FamilyOleaceae
  
  
• GenusForsythia are deciduous shrubs with simple, occasionally lobed, leaves and short tubular yellow flowers with 4 spreading lobes, borne profusely before the leaves in spring
  
  
• Details'Lynwood Variety' is a vigorous medium-sized deciduous shrub, upright in growth, with narrowly ovate or sometimes trifoliate leaves. Flowers relatively large, bright yellow, in early spring
  

Characteristics

• FoliageDeciduous
  
  
• HabitBushy
  
  
• Hardiness
  
  H5
  

Colour
Colour in Autumn

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  foliage
  
  
  

Colour in Spring

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  foliage
  
  
  
  
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  flower
  
  
  

Colour in Summer

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  foliage
  
  
  

Sunlight

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  Full Sun
  
  
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  Partial Shade
  

• AspectSouth-facing or North-facing or West-facing or East-facing
  
  
• ExposureExposed or Sheltered
  

Soil

• 
  Chalk
  
  
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  Clay
  
  
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  Sand
  
  
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  Loam
  

• MoistureMoist but well-drained
  
  
• SoilChalk, Clay, Sand, Loam
  
  
• pHAcid, Alkaline, Neutral
  

Size

• Ultimate height1.5-2.5 metres
  
  
• Ultimate spread1.5-2.5 metres
  
  
• Time to ultimate height5-10 years
  

How to grow
CultivationGrow in moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade

PropagationPropagate by semi-hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden typesHedging & Screens Low Maintenance Banks and Slopes Cut Flowers Cottage & Informal Garden Coastal

How to care
PruningPruning group 2

PestsBullfinches eat the flower buds; also gets capsid bug

DiseasesProne to galls

 

The Second one has a definite Broom (Cytisus) growth style.

 

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