Brooms, which encompass species within both the Cytisus and Genista genera, bring pops of vibrant springtime color to those troublesome sandy and gravelling soils. Native to scrubby sites in Europe, ...

The ordinary broom, Cytisus scoparius, is a very impressive wild plant in flower, and it is not surprising that it has been brought into gardens. Occasionally, among the general run of yellow-flowered ...

A-J reader L.W. of Lubbock asks if the floriferous, yellow flowering shrubs in full bloom for the last several weeks are Scotch or Spanish brooms. There are actually several brooms – Spanish, Scotch ...

Recent morphological and molecular research on Cytisus and allied genera has produced a great deal of new data relevant to systematics, which have not yet been incorporated into a consistent ...

Editor -- This is in response to Sandra Gorry's article "Gardening on the edge," which appeared in the June 29 Chronicle. I disagree with the author's recommendation of Cytisus scoparius as a suitable ...

Mutualistic interactions between natives and non-natives, and between different introduced species, can play an important role in the invasion process. The facilitation of a new introduced species by ...

Bannal, basam, Besenginaterkraut, besom, bissom, bream, broom, broom tops, broomtops, browme, brum, common broom, Cystisi scoparii flos, Cystisus scoparius, Cytsus ...