Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones8 to 10
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size5 to 10 feet tall5 to 10 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Broad
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) is a shrub for borders, low maintenance gardens, and naturalized areas. It is hardy to USDA zone 8, or down to 10°F (-12°C). This plant likes full sun and dry to moist soil of most types. It grows fast into a broad, evergreen shrub with fragrant yellow flowers. The blooms open in early to late summer and again in early to late autumn. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Tickseed, Mondo grass, and Cherry laurel.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Azores, Baleares, and 7 more places. See all 11
Europe, Middle East, Azores, Baleares, Corse, East Aegean Is., Kriti, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, and Türkiye.