Seasonal Wild Flowers

Broom

Cytisus scoparius

Fabaceae

April to June, but a few flowers can be found

throughout the year, including winter.

It is found throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Broom

It grows in sandy soils on heath land, sparse (open)

woodland, railway embankments and waste land,

and by paths and roads.

It is widespread by the sea, although a low-growing,

prostrate form may be a sub species,

Cytisus scoparius subsp. maritimus.

Broom is widely planted in gardens and by roads,

as a screening plant.

Broom is a native, nitrogen-fixing, deciduous shrub

growing up to 2.5m.

The flowers are a strikingly bright, pale yellow.

Leaves are deep green, trefoil at the bottom of

branches and small and single

along the branches.

Stems are ridged and dark green.

Broom in flower as gorse is fading

Flowers

Ridged stem and small leaves

Empty pods