Plant Addicts guarantees your plant(s) will arrive happy and healthy, but the plant(s) are being shipped through the mail and accidents happen. Plant Addict Guarantee (Included On All Plant Orders) It should be planted 4 to 6 feet apart from center to center. Its drought tolerance makes it ideal for xeriscaping and planting in areas with limited water resources. It makes a beautiful and unique informal hedge, and works well planted on slopes and steep banks. Burkwood Scotch Broom Spacingīurkwood Scotch Broom can be planted as a single specimen, or en masse in large containers or borders. It is best to prune your Burkwood Scotch Broom after it has finished flowering for the season to encourage optimal flowering in the coming season and lessen the production of seed pods. Water new Burkwood Scotch Broom plants weekly until they are established. It prefers areas with full sun, and will suffer in partial sun or dappled shade. It is drought tolerant and excels in areas with good drainage. Burkwood Scotch Broom Careīurkwood Scotch Broom can thrive in many types of soils, and is highly tolerant of poor soil. It self-seeds with ease, so if you want a single specimen, be prepared to prune it just after it has finished flowering. This plant will fill out all the way to the ground and does not require facer plants in front. Bees and other critical pollinators will flock to the Burkwood Scotch Broom in spades. It is deer and rabbit resistant, and can tolerate windy and salty seashore climates and conditions. Native to Europe, the Burkwood Scotch Broom is an aggressive, open, upright grower with sweeping, broom-like branches. These incredible sprays are a fantastic addition to cut flower arrangements and bouquets, and these twiggy mounds are a great edition to any landscape or garden. These stems erupt in mid-May with fragrant, floriferous, sweet-pea shaped blooms that are deep red with lighter pink keels, just touched with edges of bright yellow. Full Sun (At Least 6 Hours Of Direct Sunlight)īurkwood Scotch Broom, or Cytisus scoparius Burkwoodii, is a dense, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with small oval leaves, and masses of vivid-green, angular, wand-like stems reaching heights of 3 to 6 feet tall with an equal spread.Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. Pacific Northwest Exotic Pest Plant Council, 1998.New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team 2017 Invasive Species List.New Hampshire Restricted Invasive Species.National Park Service, Mid-Atlantic Exotic Plant Management Team Invasive Plant List.Maryland Invasive Species Council - Invasive Species of Concern in Maryland.Maryland Department of Natural Resources Policy: Restriction on Planting Exotic Invasive Plants.Maryland Code and Regulations of Invasive Plants.John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995.Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007 Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council - Category 4.Alaska Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, Morgantown, West Virginia. Field Guide for the Biological Control of Weeds in the Northwest. Randall, De Clerck-Floate, R., McClay, A., Andreas, J. It was introduced into the United States as an ornamental in the early 1800s. Cytisus scoparius is native to western and central Europe. It has been considered a pest weed since the 1920s on the West Coast. Its nitrogen-fixing ability allows it to compete successfully on poor, dry, sandy soils. The seeds are small and multi-colored, ranging from green to brown to reddish-brown.Ĭytisus scoparius occurs along roadsides, coastal sites, disturbed sites, pastures, and dry scrubland. (2.5-5 cm) long, and will explode when mature forcefully expelling the seeds. Seed pods are fuzzy on the edges, 1-2 in. The flowers are bright yellow, resemble sweet pea flowers, and occur singly or in pairs in the upper leaf axils. The leaves are often not noticeable, due to the dark green stems. Leaves are small, alternate, and compound with 3 leaflets. The stems are five-angled and remain green all year. Cytisus scoparius is a perennial shrub that grows on average from 3.3-9.8 ft.
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