Broom with its gorgeous butter yellow fragrant pea-like flowers and slender green shoots give much pleasure and brighten up our lives in late spring and early summer.

An upright growth reaching a height of 1 to 1.5metres with long arching stems with ovate deciduous 3 palmate green foliage.

They are well-suited to shrubberies, mixed borders and small gardens. A useful plant, it is drought resistant and thrives on poor acid soil, avoid planting on shallow chalk soils. Prune back about half their length after flowering to maintain a good shape. Broom resent transplanting so plant in a chosen spot.

Cultivation: City, country, coastal gardens

Soil: Most well-drained soils, including poor acid soil. Avoid chalk soils

Position: Full sun, south or west facing, some protection from cold drying winds

Foliage: Deciduous

Flowering: Pea-like fragrant yellow flowers in late spring/early summer

Habit: Upright, arching stems

Hardiness: Fully hardy

Growth: Average

Benefits to Wildlife: Yes

Height & Spread in Maturity:  1-1.5m x 1-1.5m