Overview
A bicolor with red and yellow petals. An upright form to 8' tall.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
English Broom, Scotch Broom, Scotchbroom
Description
Physical Description
ID Features: Year-round green stem color. Angled stems. Trifoliate leaves. Yellow pea-like flowers.
Habit: Fine textured and twiggy deciduous shrub . Shape is rounded to irregular. Branches green and in sprays , upright to arching .
Flowers: Blooms in May and into early June. Pea-like flowers are bicolor with red and yellow petals. Blooming is profuse and very showy.
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: to 8' 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.
Biology
Growth
Culture: Needs full sun . Best in dry, sand soils. Cut-back some growth after blooming.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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- Class:
Spermatopsida
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- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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Similar Species
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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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- UConn Plant Database of Trees, Shrubs, and Vines. Accessed May 19, 2006.
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
