HARBINGER OF SPRING

 Meet Forsythia x intermedia 'Spring Glory.' This shrub is a favorite of country landscapers because the deer usually ignore it and it blooms so early. It gives us hope that spring is coming. I've put this one in a tall pot to keep it up so maybe the jackrabbits will not bother it since they mainly feed at ground level. After it blooms, I'll plant it in the ground and hope for the best. 

The rest of the year it is a ho-hum rangey background bush. It should get up to 8' tall and just as wide. This is from my favorite plant grower, Monrovia. It is an Oregon grown plant and can take extreme temps of -30 degrees, so it's what we gardeners call a "no fuss, no muss" kind of plant.