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    GENISTA
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    GENISTA

    The familiar vivid-yellow, pea-like flowers of broom.

    Genus, similar to Cytisus, of about 90 species of mainly deciduous, sometimes spiny shrubs and occasionally trees found in habitats ranging from pasture and moorland to cliffs and rocky places in Europe, the Mediterranean and western Asia.

    UK natives are the rare petty whin, G. anglica, more common in Scotland, and G. tinctoria, dyer's greenweed from rough pasture mainly in the south of England.

    A third, G. pilosa, hairy greenweed is a rare species found in Wales and west and south Cornwall.

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    • Good to know
      Similar to Cytisus. Grown for their small, pea-like flowers.
    • Place of origin
      Europe, Mediterranean, western Asia.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Medium shrub
      Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
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    Varieties

    GENISTA hispanica
    Spanish gorse
    forms compact, spiny mound. Yellow, scented flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £13.50 £10.80
    GENISTA lydia
    Slender branches with golden yellow flowers. Low growing
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £14.50
    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    GENISTA x spachiana
    Easter broom
    (Genista fragrans) (Cytisus fragrans) - yellow flowers borne profusely, very sweetly scented
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £15.00
    Available again from summer 2025
    Could be any time, June through to end August. This is not a guaranteed date but an estimate and subject to availability.
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
    1 ltr
    £8.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
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