![]() ![]() ![]() Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Broad Erect Multi-stemmed Rounded Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: High Medium.Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems): drought and salt tolerant Dimensions: Height: 5 ft. Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Southwestern Europe, Mediterranean, and the Azores. Should be used with caution since large doses are likely to upset the stomach and cause purging. ![]() Attributes: Genus: Spartium Species: junceum Family: Fabaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Has been used as a potent diuretic.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #drought tolerant #shrub #high maintenance #erosion control #aggressive #flowering shrub #perennial See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: It is aggressive due to self-seeding and has been known to escape gardens and naturalize. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No known insect or disease problems. In late summer, seed pods mature and burst open, often with an audible crack, spreading seed from the parent plant. When the leaves fall away In late spring, summer shoots are covered in profuse fragrant yellow pea-like flowers. It is primarily grown for its bright yellow flowers and cylindrical green stems with flowers appearing in showy racemes. Spanish Broom is typically found in dry areas, open woodlands, disturbed sites, and along roads in the Mediterranean area. It has good drought tolerance as well as a tolerance for seaside exposure and can grow in poor rocky soils where it has been applied as a riverbank cover. Often grown as an ornamental because of its flowers, it is winter hardy and can be grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Spanish Broom, is a deciduous, flowering, perennial, shrub, multi-stemmed and sparsely-leaved, growing to 10 feet in height and width. Phonetic Spelling SPAR-tee-um JUN-kee-um Description ![]()
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