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Cytisus scoparius

(Amber Elf Dwarf Broom)

Overview

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Flowers are dark red.

The best pink-flowered selection.

An extra-hardy form with yellow flowers.

A compact grower with reddish-pink and purple flowers.

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Skotse Brem

Common Names in Dutch:

Brem

Common Names in English:

Amber Elf Dwarf Broom, Broom, Broomtops, Common Broom, English Broom, Escoba Negra, European Broom, Giesta, Irish Broom, Retama De Escobas, Scotch Broom, Scotch Broom Cytisus Scoparius, Scotchbroom, Scots Broom, Scottish Broom, Yellow Broom

Common Names in French:

Gen, Genêt à Balais, Genêt à Balais

Common Names in German:

Besenginster

Common Names in Portuguese:

Giesta

Common Names in Russian:

Zharkovetz Metelchatyi

Description

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Physical Description

ID Features: Year-round green stem color. Angled stems. Trifoliate leaves. Yellow pea-like flowers.

Habit: Deciduous. • Climbing: Not Climbing

Flowers: Blooms in May and into early June. Pea-like flowers are dark red. Blooming is profuse and very showy. • Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: dark red, red-orange, scarlet

Seeds: Fruit: 1.5" to 2" pea-like pods. Not ornamentally significant.

Foliage: Summer foliage: Deciduous. Leaf arrangement alternate. Small trifoliate leaves. Upper leaves often with only 1 leaflet . Color is medium to bright green. Stems are green and more conspicuous than the foliage . Stems are angled and flexible . • Fall foliage: Fall color not ornamentally important.

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 4-6' tall.

Landscaping

Landscape Uses: As an accent for stunning bloom . For borders . Specimen. Along highways. • Liabilities: Tends to be somewhat short-lived. Twig kill in severe winters. Tends to self-sow. • Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring . For a formal appearance , shear annually after flowering.

Habitat

Hardy to zone 5, performs better from zone 6.

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,212 meters (0 to 13,819 feet).[1]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 4-6' apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:3 (>7 to 14 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Sarothamnus bourgaei Boiss. • Sarothamnus oxyphyllus Boiss. • Sarothamnus scoparius (L.)w. D. J. Koch • Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm. • Spartium scoparium L.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Shrub , Lifespan: Perennial

Last scrutiny: Jun-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cytisus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 35 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. dallimorei (Dallimore's Spanishbroom) · C. decumbens (Prostrate Broom) · C. fontanesii (Bolina) · C. hirsutus (Broom) · C. monspessulana (French Broom Cytisus Monspessulana) · C. multiflorus (Escoba Blanca) · C. nigricans (Black Broom) · C. praecox (Warminster Broom) · C. praecox 'Hollandia' (Common Broom) · C. proliferus (Escabon) · C. purgans 'Spanish Gold' (Broom) · C. purpureus 'Atropurpureus' (Purple Broom) · C. scoparius (Amber Elf Dwarf Broom) · C. scoparius f. andreanus (Broom) · C. scoparius scoparius (European Broom) · C. scoparius scoparius var. scoparius (English Broom) · C. scoparius var. andreanus (English Broom) · C. scoparius 'Burkwoodii' (Burkwood Broom) · C. scoparius 'Firefly' (Scotch Broom) · C. scoparius 'Madame Butterfly' (Scotch Broom) · C. scoparius 'Moonlight' (Moonlight Scotch Broom) · C. striatus (Hairy-Fruited Broom) · C. villosus (Hairybroom) · C. x beanii (Dwarf Broom) · C. x dallimorei (Scotch Broom) · C. x kewensis (Kew Broom) · C. x praecox (Warminster Broom) · C. x praecox 'Allgold' (Allgold Broom) · C. × spachianus (Sweet Broom) · C. x 'Lena' (Lena Scotch Broom) · C. x 'Lilac Time' (Lilac Time Scotch Broom) · C. x 'Minstead' (Minstead Scotch Broom) · C. 'Andreanus' (English Broom) · C. 'La Coquette' (Broom) · C. 'Lena' (Scotch Broom)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 27, 2008:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Mean = 167.290 meters (548.852 feet), Standard Deviation = 216.640 based on 9,496 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/14/2012