Hi Gil, Ya, I was thinking of pulling out the forsthia here this year too. It hasn't flowered once for me. It hasn't suckered, but I don't see the point if it is borderline here.

sierra

Same issues here in Edmonton. Even with that hardy variety (Northern gold?) most years it only bloomed from below snow-line and then it really began to sucker and spread. Took at least a year to kill off all the suckers because it kept popping up from underground roots after I cut it out. Maybe in a big shrub border, but there'd be better choices for there too.

I had also gotten rid of mine, just had blooms on the lower branches and then the shrub itself wasn't anything great to look at in the first place!

Terry

I'm keeping my Northern Gold forsythia - not that it blooms, but it's all tangled up with an overgrown honeysuckle and a clump of a nasty tough old rose I have. Cutting it out would be dangerous!

Connie

Well it was interesting to see them in full bloom this spring, since they almost never do, but man what a messy shrub. I don't know if the suckering is worse or the stupid 6' water sprouts that seem to appear in a matter of a week just when I don't feel like pruning.