Re: Burkwood's Broom
- Subject: Re: Burkwood's Broom
- From: Irene Kuffel i*@cisco.com
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 21:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
Doobieous wrote:
>
> While searching for Erysimium linifolia, I came across
> a page on "Burkwood's Broom", a ruby/maroon red
> flowered broom I've never seen before. I know that the
> common broom (Cytisus scparis) gets villified, but
> this one is spectacular to me... at least in pictures!
>
> Does anyone have experience with it? The following
> page claims it's not invasive like the common form of
> C. scoparis.
>
> http://www.paghat.com/broomburkwood.html
>
Yes, I have grown this, one of my favourites,
unfortunately lost when we re-did a bed some
years back. No special requirements, a generous
bloomer, well-behaved in size.
I don't think that the named hybrids are
invasive, at least not the ones I've tried:
Moonlight, Burkwood and San Francisco. In 8
years I have only found one seedling (of
Moonlight).
-- Irene.
Irene Kuffel
Napa Valley.
