General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 5-8 feet
Plant Spread: 5-8 feet
Leaves: Fragrant
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Erosion control
Cut Flower
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Parentage: (Cytisus x dallimorei) x (Cytisus x praecox)

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Common names
  • Broom
Also sold as:
  • Cytisus x burkwoodii
  • Cytisus scoparius 'Burkwoodii'

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Date: 2014-04-25

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Date: 2014-04-25

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