<![CDATA[Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society.]]>Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. It is sometimes called the 'Easter tree' because it blooms at the right time of year. Ours has been putting on a grand show this spring.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/82e16896-fbe1-4e1e-82e3-4b84aabfb405/forsythia-is-named-after-william-forsyth-1737-1804-a-scottish-botanist-who-was-a-royal-head-gardener-and-founding-member-of-the-royal-horticultural-society.RSS for NodeSun, 05 Apr 2026 23:57:38 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 08:31:31 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:12:56 GMT]]>@cynblogger πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116337408525527348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116337408525527348Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:12:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:11:55 GMT]]>@RickGaehl
I don’t know…my mom told me it was simply a mispronunciation of β€œForcynthia.”

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/cynblogger/statuses/116337404478572410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/cynblogger/statuses/116337404478572410Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:11:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:54:53 GMT]]>@NatureMC That's a great custom, but did you also have the Easter Hare and an egg hunt in Alsace?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116336157862994924https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116336157862994924Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:54:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:51:43 GMT]]>@joncounts That's interesting. I haven't noticed any autumn flowering here, but we're a long way from its homeland.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116336145440137401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116336145440137401Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:51:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:35:41 GMT]]>@oblomov @RickGaehl Probably some distant relative - my ancestors are from the same Forsyth clan (via Australia). But I don't know of any direct connection to any other famous Forsyths (Bruce, Frederick, the other Tom, etc).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116336082398901235https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/TomF/statuses/116336082398901235Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:35:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:02:49 GMT]]>@Hellybootwader I'm not going down it. πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116335009422492149https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116335009422492149Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:45:48 GMT]]>@RobertJackson58585858 So it has!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116334706609123927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/RickGaehl/statuses/116334706609123927Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:45:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:13:44 GMT]]>@RickGaehl I remember hanging eggs on them in my childhood. Since climate change, they bloom much earlier than even an early Easter in Alsace. Only this year we have luck because the cold with minus degrees conserved them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116334344575896687https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116334344575896687Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:13:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:01:31 GMT]]>@RickGaehl Interestingly, Forsythia flowers in New Zealand around Easter too, on the other end of the world. Down here Forsythia has a peak burst of flowering in Spring, before it leafs out, and then often has another smaller burst of flowering later in Autumn around Easter.

(It's planted here in gardens, and only sparingly wild, so far.)

Here are a couple of Forsythia I recently photographed flowering in gardens of Christchurch city, NZ.

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/346745745
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/346745747

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/joncounts/statuses/116334296544941605https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/joncounts/statuses/116334296544941605Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:01:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:45:55 GMT]]>@RickGaehl I wonder what it was called before him.
(Rabbit hole opens)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Hellybootwader/statuses/116334235190545804https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/Hellybootwader/statuses/116334235190545804Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:45:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:43:42 GMT]]>@RickGaehl

It's been really good this year.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/RobertJackson58585858/statuses/116334226444695163https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://masto.ai/users/RobertJackson58585858/statuses/116334226444695163Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:43:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Forsythia is named after William Forsyth (1737–1804), a Scottish botanist who was a royal head gardener and founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society. on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:38:21 GMT]]>@RickGaehl I wonder if he's a relative of @TomF

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116334205405886286https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116334205405886286Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:38:21 GMT