Spartium junceum - Spanish broom

Spanish Broom is a shrub with bright yellow, fragrant flowers. It is used ornamentally for its striking appearance and ability to thrive in dry, poor soils. Spanish Broom is also known for its use in making brooms and for soil erosion control.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹

Outputs

• Fibre¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²
• Drought-tolerance¹

Footnotes

1. Spartium junceum - Spanish Broom | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩