![]() ![]() ![]() Photo February.Ĭytisus scoparius late February Canterbury with no flowers. Habitat-The densely-growing Broom, a shrub indigenous to England and common in. November.Ĭytisus scoparius colonising a roadside mid-Canterbury. Botanical: Cytisus scoparius (LINN.) Family: N.O. Invasive broom on wasteland south of Blenheim South Island. The branches are covered in these bright flowers. ![]() But they also come in cream, orange or red, or a mixture of red and yellow. Many shrubs, trees, and flowers commonly found in the garden and in the wild are dangerous if your dog eats them. The small, pea-like flowers of broom (Cytisus) are most often seen in yellow. Cytisus scoparius contains toxic alkaloids and that depress the heart and nervous system. It is the hardiest species of broom, tolerating temperatures down to about -25☌. In late summer, its legumes (seed pods) mature black, 2–3 cm long, 8 mm broad and 2–3 mm thick they burst open, often with an audible crack, forcibly throwing seed from the parent plant. Flowering occurs after 50-80 growing degree days. Sweet broom is quite innocuous unless planted near a naturalized population of Genista monspessulana (French broom). It has green shoots with small deciduous trifoliate leaves 5–15 mm long, and in spring and summer is covered in profuse golden yellow flowers 20–30 mm from top to bottom and 15–20 mm wide. It typically grows to 1- 3m tall, rarely 4 m, with main stems up to 5 cm thick, rarely 10 cm. In some places outside of its native range, it has become an ecologically damaging invasive species. Sarothamnus scoparius is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils at low altitudes. Visit Phil Bendle Collection:Poisonous Plants in New ZealandĬytisus scoparius syn. Common name: Common Broom, Scottish broom, English broom ![]()
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