Cytisus purpureus

Purple Broom

Main features: All features >

Width

1 m

Flower colour

pink

Flowering Time

May, June

Light/shadow demands

sun

pH-Value

slightly alkaline, alkaline

Soil

sandy

Trees and shrubs for bees

ground covering plants

Cytisus purpureus

Characteristics:

Habit

Loose dwarf shrub, 0.4-0.6 m tall, up to 1 m wide; arching, lilting or prostrate twigs, slow-growing

Blossom

Colours not uniform, carmine to carmine-pink, end of May to beginning of June, plentiful

Leaves

In threes, pale green, no autumn colours

Demands

Sunny, tolerant of heat and drought; average frost hardiness; tolerant of urban pollution

Soil

On all well drained substrates, likes chalk

Hardiness Zone

Zone 5a

Bee pasture/nectar

Yes

Synonyms

Chamaecytisus purpureus

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