January 19, 2007, Newsletter Issue #144: Genista
Tip of the Week
Genistas or Gorses make excellent plants for the hot dry garden border. Best in poor soil.
pruning is simply a case of trimming off the faded blooms.
Genista lydia: A wonderful spreading gorse that grows to 2 ft, but can be 5 ft across. Bright yellow flowers cover the arching branches in early summer.
Genista hispanica: The Spanish gorse makes a beautifully rounded shrub of around 3ft tall. the spiny growth is covered with sulphur yellow pea-like blooms during early summer.
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