29+ Mexican Broom Bush

Spartium junceum the spanish broom rush broom or weaver s broom is a species of flowering plant in the family fabaceae.

Mexican broom bush. In early spring the shrub produces yellow flowers that drop an abundance of immature seedpods. Spanish broom is not very cold hardy and usually freezes back to ground level coming back from the roots in the spring. Spanish broom spartium junceum is a mediterranean perennial bush that grows to 10 feet tall. Stem shape separates the broom shrub varieties. It is the sole species in the genus spartium but is closely related to the other brooms in the genera cytisus and genista. Spanish broom spartium junceum is a large evergreen shrub and a moderate grower six to ten feet in height. The branches on this evergreen develop upright and bear sparse foliage.

Long 2 5 cm in summer. The almost leafless branches display showy pea shaped fragrant blossoms. Scotch broom has a five sided stem while french and portuguese have 8 and 10 angled stems. Spanish broom is so closely angled that it appears almost round. Filling the summer air with its terrific honey vanilla scent award winner spartium junceum spanish broom is a vigorous medium sized shrub which produces masses of large bright yellow pea like flowers 1 in. A beautiful and most unusual specimen. There are many binomials in spartium that are of dubious validity see below.