Update on forsythia.

Last spring our forsythia was a sad bloomer so I took a pruner to it in hopes that totally new growth would equal lots of flowers.  Here's last year's post so you can see how it looked then.

Well this year it had even fewer blooms! Argh!

It was as though each stalk if it was lucky got to have a bloom or two.

Now what to do?

We didn't plant this and to dig it out would be a tough job as the trunks are thick.

Maybe next year it will recover?

 

The Deed is Done

 

Here's the before photo of the forsythia at our well. 

Since the leaves were starting to show it was time to take everyone's advice and give a haircut.

After I got done with it above and below all the clippings.

I don't think it had ever had a pruning.

When Dan got home from an errand he finished the job for me.

I have labeled this post so next year when it tries to bloom again I can do a comparison.