Cytisus (Broom) These easliy grown shrubs will thrive in almost any lime-free soil. They should be pruned annually after flowering. Do not cut into old wood but reduce the flowering shoots by two-thirds their length.
A broad vigorous shrub with large grey laburnum-like foliage, with a silky sheen; short lupin-like spikes of flower, bright yellow and pineapple scented.
Height after 10 years - 2.1m
Pot size 5 litre
A new variety, dwarf in habit, of rich golden yellow.
Height after 10 years - 0.6m
Pot size 3 litre
A very prostrate and wide-spreading broom, forming sheets of primrose-yellow fowers in April and May; invaluable for banks and the tops of retaining walls.
Height after 10 years - 0.3m
Deep yellow dwarf form of kewensis.
Fountains of creamy-yellow flowers on a medium height bush - one of the earliest to flower.
Height after 10 years - 1.2m
Pearly-white form of praecox.
A newer form of praecox, with deeper coloured yellow sprays.
More upright in habit, and broadly rounded in outline; masses of rose-pink and crimson flowers in May.
Bushy and spreading in growth, with a profusion of pale pink to deeper pink flowers in late May.
Height after 10 years - 0.9m
Deep yellow flowers in midsummer.
Height after 10 years - 1m
Pretty low-growing and spreading broom with lavender-mauve flowers at the end of May and June.
Recommended for the fronts of borders and rockeries.
Height after 10 years - 0.45m
Native golden-yellow, vigorous habit.
Vevety ruby red flowers on a compact bush.
Beautiful splash of clear golden yellow during May; strong growing.
Bright red and apricot flowers in masses.
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