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Author Topic: who is this? plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       I got these cuttings from a bush outside my friend's townhouse complex. There were 2 of these bushes and they were about 3 feet wide by 3 feet high - just gorgeous and flashy! Anyone know who I am? bbbbbbbbb Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Posts: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 69.125.135.161 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    Lynne, I know what this is somewhere in the depth of my brain but so far have not been able to pull the information out of the muck. Hopefully someone will come along who can think better than I can today. bbbbbbbbb We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Posts: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Logged: 66.235.45.83 plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       ok - got it - maybe... Scotch Broom? I thought it was a broom something or other... But this one has redder flowers than what I'm finding online - is there another type? scotch broom bbbbbbbbb Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Posts: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 69.125.135.161 Bill The Garden Helper Member # 1 posted                       It is kin to Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius) but the red coloring indicates that it is Cytisus burkwoodii a hybrid.... bbbbbbbbb Posts: 11227 | From: Cedar Hill Washington | Registered: Aug 2002  |  Logged: 69.33.97.176 loz guests posted                 That is really cool looking! Logged: 70.109.86.202 plants 'n pots Garden Pro! Member # 1672 posted                       Thanks Bill! I have actually found that this one is called Cytisus scoparius 'Lena' there was even a thread about it here on the GH a few years ago - it came up in a google search - imagine that! GH thread about Lena's Broom and on the internet... Lena's Broom Lena's is exactly what mine looks like - now I need to find one for sale! bbbbbbbbb Lynne's knitting journal "I'm spayed, declawed, and housebound - how's YOUR day going???" Posts: 17066 | From: Rockland County, NY | Registered: Nov 2003  |  Logged: 69.125.135.161 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    Sure is nice Lynne. Glad you got it figured out. The look of it must have triggered my memory cuz we have its cousin the scotch broom all over the place here. bbbbbbbbb We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Posts: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Logged: 66.235.45.83 Squirrel Garden Pro! Member # 9228 posted                       This is the first year I`ve seen Lena`s Broom. They are absolutly beautiful. I saw them at a nursery I go to, but, just today, I saw one that has been growing for a few years. Envious!!! I had a scotch broom that had smaller yellow flowers. I loved it but it died. :-((( bbbbbbbbb What goes around comes around, so be nice!lol Posts: 1015 | From: Pennsylvania USA | Registered: May 2006  |  Logged: 68.83.20.142 Triss Garden Pro! Member # 3367 posted                    I am going to have to start looking closer at the ones we have here for color variation. And try and pull a few of the smaller plants. If I am successful, I will let you know to share the wealth. bbbbbbbbb We are all under the same stars... therefore we are never far apart. Posts: 30076 | From: Washington, the state that is... | Registered: Aug 2004  |  Logged: 66.235.45.83 jonni13 Garden Pro! Member # 7304 posted                       Your broom will grow from cuttings, Lynne. bbbbbbbbb ~Tina Getting old is the pits. But it sure beats the alternative. My Blog Posts: 7549 | From: So. Cal. | Registered: Nov 2005  |  Logged: 71.103.173.23

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