(Free) Mexican Broom Bush
In early spring the shrub produces yellow flowers that drop an abundance of immature seedpods.
Mexican broom bush. Spanish broom spartium junceum is a mediterranean perennial bush that grows to 10 feet tall. Spartium junceum the spanish broom rush broom or weaver s broom is a species of flowering plant in the family fabaceae. Scotch broom has a five sided stem while french and portuguese have 8 and 10 angled stems. 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 is not very cold hardy and usually freezes back to ground level coming back from the roots in the spring. The branches on this evergreen develop upright and bear sparse foliage. The almost leafless branches display showy pea shaped fragrant blossoms.
Medium size evergreen shrub with quill like erect green branches. Spanish broom is so closely angled that it appears almost round. Stem shape separates the broom shrub varieties. Long 2 5 cm in summer. Spanish broom spartium junceum is a large evergreen shrub and a moderate grower six to ten feet in height. There are many binomials in spartium that are of dubious validity see below. The bright yellow flowers have a pea pod like appearance which yield to black or brown pods filled with dark green seeds in late summer.