In March, when the spring flush shyly hangs back, the most urgent of the bloomers is Abeliophyllum distichum, which sometimes is called white or Korean forsythia.
The close-up in week 2019/10 shows why people might see a forsythia resemblance in the flowers, though the name literally means that this Asian species has leaves like the abelia!
This bush has taken an enormously long time to establish itself: 10 years. We planted Abeliophyllum in May 2009 and it first grew in a thin, loose mound. Staking it up did not help. It was not yet 1 metre tall in 2017; but last year it put up this cane, and we finally have a sparse but pretty bush:
This bush has taken an enormously long time to establish itself: 10 years. We planted Abeliophyllum in May 2009 and it first grew in a thin, loose mound. Staking it up did not help. It was not yet 1 metre tall in 2017; but last year it put up this cane, and we finally have a sparse but pretty bush:
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