Northern Gold Forsythia
Doug says:
He has some ideas but you may not like them.
Northern Gold is a pretty hardy bud and should bloom in your garden.
If it isn't then one of several options exist.
The first is that you've planted it where it is getting wind-whipped and that wind is taking out the buds. Not likely but possible.
The one I'm betting on is that you don't really have Northern Gold and that there has been a tag mixup. You've got another less-hardy variety.
In which case, you'll never see blooms on this plant. If they're blooming consistently below the snowline the past two years, it isn't going to do any better given we've had relatively mild winters and mine is going gangbusters again.
You can try moving it to a really sheltered location or you can get rid of it.
Sorry.
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