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Spanish Gold® Broom

Cytisus purgans

Sku #4853

This fast growing, naturally rounded shrub boasts bright green stems with vivid yellow flowers much of spring. Highly tolerant of heat, drought, and poor soil conditions. Excellent for hillside erosion control, as a tall border, or massed in a minimal care or xeric landscape. Performs in containers. Evergreen.

  • Light Needs
    Partial to full sun

    Light Needs

  • Water Needs
    Once established, needs only occasional watering.
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Key Feature
Showy Spring Flowers
Light Needs
Partial to full sun
Landscape Uses
Border, Container, Cutting Garden, Erosion Control, Hedge, Mass Planting, Rock Garden, Wildlife Garden
Watering Needs:Once established, needs only occasional watering.
Botanical Pronunciation:SIH-tiss-us PUR-gans
Plant type:Shrub
Deciduous/evergreen:Deciduous
Growth habit:Mounding
Growth rate:Fast
Average landscape size:Quickly reaches 3 to 4 ft. tall, 4 to 6 ft. wide.
Special features:Attracts Butterflies, Easy Care, Fast Growing, Waterwise
Foliage color:Green
Blooms:Spring into Early Summer
Flower color:Yellow
Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers
Garden styleCottage, Rustic
Companion PlantsSmoke Bush (Cotinus); Heather (Calluna); California Lilac (Ceanothus); Shrub Rose (Rosa); Lilac (Syringa)
Care
Care Information
Adapts to a wide range of soil and moisture conditions; thrives in poor, infertile soil. Water regularly during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system; tolerates drought and heat when established. Fertilize before new growth begins in spring. For a formal appearance, prune annually after flowering.
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This Plant’s Growing Zones: 4 - 9

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