Forsythia giraldiana a wild collected species from China produces a delicate scent from butter yellow flowers on deciduous wood. In other areas of the garden the ground flora has developed with Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara, showing a multitude of flower spikes from the leafless clump of herbaceous rhizomes. Treated as a weed; yet at this time of year it has value in the yellow flowers. Thirdly the later flowering cultivar of Eranthis hyemalis ‘Guinea Gold’ is a fine plant to raise the interest in a woodland border.
![Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara](https://stories.rbge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Coltsfoot-Tussilago-farfara-3a.jpg)
Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara
![Eranthis hyemalis 'Guinea Gold'](https://stories.rbge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Eranthis-hyemalis-Guinea-Gold-19942592A-1a.jpg)
Eranthis hyemalis ‘Guinea Gold’
![Forsythia giraldiana](https://stories.rbge.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Forsythia-giraldiana-19950880A-Sich-Exp-19921137-11a.jpg)
Forsythia giraldiana