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.
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@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
Rick Gaehl
Jon Sullivan