Due to the extra warm winter we've had this year, it’s been a good spring for forsythia. There are loads of yellow flowers on forsythia shrubs all around our area. You may have noticed some bushes ...

Do you remember the weather nine days ago? It was Thursday. It was sunny and maybe 60 degrees. Forsythia bushes marked the occasion by bursting into bloom and bright yellow blooms were everywhere.

The warm glow of forsythias cools down as their flowers fade and green leaves start to unfold. For the next 11 months, this plant that displays such cheerful color on the drab heels of winter will be ...