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Plants Cyrtomium falcatumDaboecia cantabrica

Cytisus x praecox
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.

 


Cytisus
Family: Fabaceae.
Common name(s): Broom, Genista Cytisus X racemosus Nichols.

Cytisus scoparius
Scotch Broom
Located in planting near psychology building, across from Dodd Center.

Cytisus x. praecox
( Allgold Deciduous Shrub )
C. x praecox (C. multiflorus x C. purgans) is a flowering compact grower, deciduous shrub with arching shoots and simple leaves. Flowers are pale yellow and present from February to May.

Cytisus purgans
Nombres relacionados: Bálec (catalán), Fabaceae (familia), Piorno serrano (castellano), Retama serrana (castellano).
Floración: Primavera a verano ...

USDA Plants Database
Cytisus scoparius is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which Scotch broom has escaped (opens a new window).

Cytisus usually have slender green branches and few mid-green 3 palmate leaves. Sometimes mature specimens are totally leafless. Cytisus are primarily grown for their many pea-like flowers that usually bloom in late spring and summer.

Spartocytisus filipes
150 (250)cm, tall woody shrub with almost leafless, green branches and axillary born, pure white, fragrant flowers. Native of open spots on all western islands.

Laburnocytisus adamii
(Adams Laburnum)
Basic Info
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Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link subsp. scoparius
Synonyms
Cytisus scoparius (L.) LinkGenista scoparia (L.) Lam.Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimmer ex W. KochSpartium scoparium L.

Cytisus scoparius Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research; Special Note: NAL Catalog Search (resources) ...

One of the taller Cytisus, it is now classified as a noxious weed in California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington for its invasive capabilities in the wild.
Blooming Habits:
Profuse fragrant, yellow, pea shaped flowers in late spring.

This hybrid broom is Cytisus scoparius x dallimorei "Lena." It is named after a famous German hybridizer, Edel-Ginster Lena.

French Broom
Common Names: Montpellier broom
Genus: Cytisus
Species: monspessulanus
Parts Used: used for erosion control ...

Kew Cytisus
Kew Cytisus (Cytisus Albus Kewensis) - A beautiful prostrate plant raised in Kew Gardens as a cross between Ardoinii and the White Broom, but distinct in habit from both parents.

Cytisus purpurascens (Fr. C. d'Adam), the PURPLE LABURNUM, is a hybrid between C. Laburnum and C. purpureus. It was originated in Paris in 1828, by M. Adam, and has since been much cultivated in England.

Cytisus scoparius. SCOTCH BROOM
Genista monspessulana. FRENCH BROOM
Spartium junceum. SPANISH BROOM
LEGUMINOSAE (Pea family) ...

Cytisus scoparius ‘Moonlight' Branches, flowering Main Page Previous Next Info ...

Cytisus alpinus.
Known Hazards
All parts of the plant, and especially the seed, are poisonous[1, 61].

Cytisus scoparius
(Scotch broom) Be the first to rate this plant
Hardiness Zones:
1 ...

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.

Chamaecytisus proliferus
Family: Faboideae / Leguminosae / Papilionaceae
Tagasaste
Origin: Canary Islands ...

Cytisus purpureus forms a well-known graft hybrid with Laburnum anagyroides (+ Laburnocytisus adamii; see Herrmann 1951 for another example); the epidermis alone is Cytisus tissue, and any seeds, being derived from cells from deeper layers, ...

*Scotch Broom
Cytisus scoparius
5 to 6'
5 to 8'
Sun to light shade; sandy, dry, infertile soils; Piedmont and Midstate.

ATLAS BROOM
Cytisus battandieri
General Notes
Can become invasive. Has Fragrant Flower. SelecTree lists no cultivars of battandieri.

Chamaecytisus palmensis
Tagasaste (Chamaecytisus palmensis), or Tree Lucerne, is a small spreading evergreen tree that grows 3-4m high.

Broom (Cytisus species)
Broom, gorse (Genista species)
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera)
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Buffalo grass (Buchloe dactyloides)
Bulrush (Scirpus lacustris)
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) ...

Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius
Scotch heath; twisted heath, ball heather Erica cinerea
Scotch pine; scots pine Pinus sylvestris
Scotch rose; Burnett rose Rosa spinosissima
Scotch thistle; Scotch cotton thistle Onopordum acanthium ...

Montpellier broom Cytisus monspessulanus L. (Category 1)
Moon cactus Harrisia martinii (Labour.) Britton (Category 1)
Moonflower Ipomoea alba L. Mult categories
Morning glory Ipomoea indica (Burm.f.) Merr. Mult categories ...

Cypress 'Naylor's Blue' Cytisus spp. 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 ...

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 ...

common name for plants of two closely related and similar Old World genera, Cytisus and Genista, of the family Leguminosae ( family). They are mostly twiggy leguminous shrubs with abundant yellow or white (in Cytisus, purple also) pealike blossoms.

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 1814 Thomas Nuttall named this plant Cytisus rhombifolius from a specimen collected by Bradbury. Nuttall renamed the plant Thermia rhombifolia in his Genera of North American Plants in 1818, and Richardson named it Thermopsis rhombifolia in 1823.

Those suitable for growing out side in tubs include Broom, Cytisus x praecox which has arched sprays of yellow, lemon or gold flowers in spring and Pagoda Bush, Enkianthus calllpanulatus, ...

FIG. 85. - Pistil of Broom (Cytisus) consisting of ovary o, style s, and stigma t. It is formed by a single carpel.

This plant has also been in the horticultural trade as Cytisus lotus and was first introduced into cultivation in Europe in 1683 but the first mention we have found of its cultivation in US gardens is in Liberty Hyde Bailey's Hortus Second in 1941.

See also: Green, Broom, May, Aster, Pinus

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