General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 10 to 20 feet
Plant Spread: 8 to 10 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Semi-evergreen
Deciduous
Other: Silvery-gray green
Fruit: Other: 2 to 3 inch pod like capsules covered with silvery-gray hairs.
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Pineapple Broom
  • Moroccan Broom
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Argyrocytisus battandieri
  • Synonym: Cytisus battandieri

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Location: Wallington Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2014-06-25
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-01
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-06-27
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2015-07-06
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2016-06-01

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