[Free] 56 Broom Flowering Shrub
Genista hispanica spanish gorse is a dense spiny gorse like shrub.
Broom flowering shrub. Not completely hardy in the uk. Other trimming is up to you but not strictly necessary. Broom shrub care once the flowers are spent and seed heads have formed pruning broom shrubs is recommended to reduce seed spread. This speedy development makes the plants a threat to native species. About broom shrub plants brooms form small to large shrubs that grow very quickly. Brooms are a group of evergreen semi evergreen and deciduous shrubs. The greatest diversity one can find in the mediterranean region.
Some broom species are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive flowers. Broom genus cytisus genus of several shrubs or small trees of the pea family fabaceae native to temperate regions of europe and western asia. Just a light deadheading will do the job. Genista aetnensis mount etna broom is a tree like shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers in july. Cytisus scoparius the common broom or scotch broom syn. In the spring the shrub becomes covered with small bright yellow flowers. The broom plant cytisus scoparius grows as a hardy deciduous flowering shrub.
Thin branches arch upward reaching maximum heights of 6 feet. It includes a number of well known plants including broom lupine lupin gorse and laburnum. This member of the pea family is common on heaths in open woodlands and along hedgerows and can also be found at the coast. Height to 10ft 3m spread to 8ft 2 4m and more. Broom is a large deciduous shrub similar in appearance to gorse but without the spines. Its bright yellow flowers appear in spring from april to june and smell of vanilla. All the brooms and their relatives including laburnum and ulex grow in europe north africa and southwest asia.