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| synonyms: Gorse |
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| foliage: Evergreen |
| size: Low shrubs |
| leaf type: Needles/Needle like |
| types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with pods/beans |
| flowering period: Spring |
| leaf colour: Leaves green |
| plants for a purpose: Scented flowers, Trees and shrubs with decorative yellow/greenish flowers |
| growing conditions: Plants for acid soils |
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Ulex europaeus L. Gorse
Native of W. Europe from Scotland to Spain, N. Africa and Italy, on sandy heathland and hills, flowering in April-June, and intermittently through autumn and winter. Evergreen, spiny shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves reduced to scales or small spines. Flowers 15-20 mm long, sweetly and heavily scented. Pod black, hairy. Acid or neutral soil; full sun. Hardy to -20°C, and sprouting from the base if cut down. |
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