Broom
By Lou Paun
Broom (Cytisus) - Beautiful shrubs, mostly from the warmer and arid hills of S. and W. Europe, some hardy in England. They are easily raised from seed, and profuse in effective bloom.
Broom
Cytisus e.g. 'Goldfinch'
Genus: Cytisus
Cultivar: e.g. 'Goldfinch' ...
Broom
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common name for plants of two closely related and similar Old World genera, Cytisus and Genista, of the family Leguminosae ( family).
(Broom Snakeweed)
[(Pursh) Britt. & Rusby.] Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Family Description: Aster (Sunflower) Matchbrush Key Characteristics: Shrub 2-6 dm tall Numerous erect, slender, brittle branches.
Broom, gorse
Genista species
Trees and Shrubs, Plants of Home and Garden ...
Bushy broom grass might first be noticed as a tall blue-green grass with a large whitish, hairy top, growing along ditches. There are 17 different species and varieties of Andropogon in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998).
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Witches Broom on Picea engelmannii (Engelmann Spruce)
Eagle Peak Trail August 20, 2007.
Broom
Botanical: Cytisus scoparius (LINN.)
Family: N.O. Leguminosae
---Synonyms---Spartium scoparium (Linn.). Genista scoparius (Lam.). Sarothamnus scoparius (Koch). Broom Tops. Irish Tops. Basam. Bisom. Bizzom. Browme. Brum. Breeam. Green Broom.
Brooms - EncycloWeedia
California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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Atlas Broom
Scientific Name: Cytisus battandieri Maire
Synonym:
Family: Fabaceae ...
French broom is found in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Canada on the American continent. It is native to the Mediterranean region and Azores Islands. It probably got its name because of the way the branches grow.
Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius Flowers of two unknown cultivars Main Page Previous ...
Genista (Broom)
Genista or Broom include some excellent and easy going perennials or densely branching shrubs to small trees with numerous yellow (sometimes white or rose) flowers. They are suited for any sandy to rocky soil in full sun.
Warminster Broom, Broom
Cytisus is a showy, fast-growing but short-lived shrub that is covered by flowers in spring and early summer. Deciduous in four-season climates, it is evergreen in mild climates.
The "Lilac Time" broom in the middle of this May 2002 portrait stands between two small shrubs it will eventually outgrow by far.
There are more
Broomrape Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
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( Masonic Broom White Fir )
Abies concolor is a slow to medium growing fir with blue-green leaves pointing upward and forward along the shoot. The 3- to 5-inch cones are greenish-purple when young, turning brown. Reaches heights up to 130 feet.
In upper Lake Michigan, especially on perched dunes you may find the rare fascicled broom rape. It is a threatened species.
Snakeroot is the vernacular for the Gutierreza genus which this plant was once placed. The 'broom' in the name supposedly comes from the shape of the plant being somewhat like an upended broom.
Cedars of Lebanon State Park in mid August.
Broom Sedge
An easy-to-grow clump forming native warm saeson grass with incredible golden copper fall color. A pioneer soil stabalizing plant that does well in poor, infertile areas and surprisingly in floodplains.
Broom or hokidachi style is employed for trees with fine branching, like elms. The trunk is straight and branches out in all directions about 1/3 of the way up the entire height of the tree. The branches and leaves form a ball-shaped crown.
desertbroom Asteraceae Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray symbol: BASA2
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ATLAS BROOM
Cytisus battandieri
General Notes
Can become invasive. Has Fragrant Flower. SelecTree lists no cultivars of battandieri.
broom grass, broom weed, broomweed, cheese weed, cheeseweed, clock plant, common fanpetals, common wireweed, morning mallow, sida, southern sida, spiny-head sida, spinyhead sida, spiny -headed sida
Family
Malvaceae ...
Broom Creeper
Cochlospermum religiosum
Bombax gossypium, Cochlospermum gossypium, Maximilianea gossypium ...
The broom style, or Hokidachi is employed for trees with extensive, fine branching, often with species like elms. The trunk is straight and upright. It branches out in all directions about 1/3 of the way up the entire height of the tree.
Annual Broomweed, Common Broomweed, Broomweed,Annual
Species:
Gutierrezia dracunculoides ...
Scotch broom is an upright, deciduous shrub with slender, arching shoots. In late spring, it produces abundant yellow flowers in axillary clusters.
Dahlia 'Bashful'
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Several brooms were introduced into California in the mid- 1800s for landscape planting, mine tailings stabilization, and roadside erosion control.
Spanish broom is a perennial, evergreen shrub that can reach six to ten feet tall. The erect, bright green stems are rounded and mainly leafless. The stems branch off at the top, ending with flowering clusters on leafless racemes.
*Scotch Broom
Cytisus scoparius
5 to 6'
5 to 8'
Sun to light shade; sandy, dry, infertile soils; Piedmont and Midstate.
HÔKIDACHI - broom style bonsai
An upright tree, whose branches begin to sprout out at a certain height, giving it its characteristic, broom-like appearance. The elm is particularly suited to this very symmetrical shape.
E. capensis (Broom Reed) - E. equisetacea (Broom Reed) - E. intermedia (African Thatching Rush)
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Common name(s): Broom, Genista Cytisus X racemosus Nichols.
Syn. Argyrocytisus. Genus of about 50 species of deciduous to evergreen shrubs, small trees, from Europe, W. Asia, N.
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Spotted Broomspurge
Euphorbia maculata L.
Grain Sorghums, Broomcorn, Africa, Jowar, Milo, India
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Cytisus scoparius (Broom) - A bit short lived as a shrub, but proper pruning helps it along.
D/
Daphne - only if necessary
Deutzia Pruning - Get the pruning right for masses of flower.
This South African broom fern really swept me off my feet with its garden performance. Asparagus virgatus is a wonderful winter-hardy garden addition where an airy texture in sun is needed.
broom-corn; shattercane; sorghum Sorghum bicolor
broomsedge bluestem Andropogon virginicus
brown knapweed; brown-ray knapweed Centaurea jacea
buffalo grass; Dutch grass; para grass Urochloa mutica
buffalobur nightshade Solanum rostratum ...
Clover broomrape Orobanche minor Sm. (Category 1)
Cluster pine Pinus pinaster Aiton (Category 2)
Cochineal prickly pear Opuntia monacantha Haw. (Category 1)
Common dodder Cuscuta campestris Yunck. (Category 1)
Common mulberry Morus alba L.
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Cheddar Pink, Cherry Laurel, Chestnut Rush, Chickweed Willowherb, Chickweed Wintergreen, Chicory, Chiding Pink, Chiltern Gentian, Chimakizasa, Chinese Mugwort, Chives, Climbing Corydalis, Close-headed Alpine Sedge, Cloudberry, Clove-scented Broomrape, ...
Brooms Botanical Name Common Name Daphne cneorum Rose Daphne Daphne odora Winter Daphne Daphne odora 'Aureomarginata' Winter Daphne 'Aureomarginata' Daphne x burkwoodii Burkwood Daphne Daphne x burkwoodii 'Carol Mackie' Burkwood Daphne 'Carol ...
Cytisus (broom)
Daphne laureola (spurge laurel)
Daphne mezereum (mezereum)
Deutzia scabra
Elaeagnus pungens 'Maculata'
Escallonia
Eucalyptus (gum tree)
Euonymus europaeus (spindle tree)
Euonymus latifolius
Fatsia japonica ...
Irritation and hypertrophy of cells are common signs of the presence of parasites, as ovinced by the numerous malformations, galls, witches-brooms, &c., on diseased plants.
The flowering stems and leaves are used for thatching, in basketry, making brooms etc[61, 66, 100]. The rhizomes are used for making rope and mats[115]. A fibre obtained from the stems is used for making paper[189].
broomlike, strongly angled, greenish or yellowish-green,
hairless or occasionally sparsely finely short-hairy.
Leaves: alternate, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 8-15
mm long, thin, finely sharp-toothed, sharp-pointed, light- ...
The name witch hazel probably originated from the early settlers' practice of using the plant's forked branches for water divining and to make brooms. It may also have derived from the Anglo-Saxon word wice, meaning 'supple' or 'pliant.
To distinguish it from the common grass, broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus), look at the base of the stems: little bluestem shoots are lavender-tinged; broomsedge shoots are yellowish.
Unfortunately, Scotch broom ( Cytisus scoparius), with its electric-orange flowers, sometimes blooms at the same time as the rhododendron's trusses of soft pink flowers open. The broom's color overpowers everything.
In particular, what can seem like an abrupt radiation, with rapid diversification after a period when there was little apparent diversity - the "broom and handle" and "stemmy" patterns evident in many clades - may rather be the result of extinction, ...
projecta, Beaded Broom Sedge
retrorsa, Knotsheath Sedge
rostrata, Beaked Sedge
scoparia, Broom Sedge
stipata, Sawbeak Sedge
stricta, Upright Sedge
tenera, Slender Sedge
trisperma, Three Seed Sedge
tuckermanii, Tuckerman's Sedge ...
As for pests or diseases I have noticed only the occasional twig tip dying, and curious witches'-brooms caused by a rust.
Lathraea clandestina is the only member of the broomrape family (Orobanchaceae) that is commonly cultivated as a garden plant.
Distorted Growth, Excessive Thorns and Witches’ Brooms.
Roses producing distorted growth and branches covered with soft thorns of red or green in color along with leaf clusters known as witches’ ...
At least two types of shrubs provide unique dormant season appeal through their bare green stems in winter: Japanese Kerria, and the Brooms.
Nombres relacionados: American indigo (inglés), Fabaceae (familia), False indigo (inglés), Hierba del tábano (castellano), Horsefly weed (inglés), Horseflyweed (inglés), Indigo (castellano), Indigo broom (inglés), Podalyria tinctoria (sinónimo), ...
Flowers: broom or bush-like cluster of white flowers emerging from center of fronds in early to mid summer
Fruit: olive-sized (1in diameter) round orange fleshy fruit with coconut-like hard pit
Stems/Trunks: attractive smooth trunk, tall and slender ...
'Low Glow', 'Little Christopher' (also known as 'Rezek's Witch's Broom Seedling') and 'Tiny Temple' (also known as 'Temple') - These are miniature forms that grow slowly and form tight mounds of deep green needles.
 See also: Green, May, Pink, Orchid, Dragon
  
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