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Sister Golden Hair® Scotch Broom Cytisus scoparius

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
Mature Size
18" 18" 46cm 46cm
Height: 12" - 18"
Spread: 12" - 18"
Height: 30cm - 46cm
Spread: 30cm - 46cm
  • Details

    12 - 18 Inches
    12 - 18 Inches
    12 - 18 Inches
    30cm - 46cm
    30cm - 46cm
    30cm - 46cm

    Features

    This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®. The information on this page is for reference only. 

    Sunny spring color!

    Sister Golden Hair® is not your typical Scotch broom: it grows with elegant, weeping branches that are covered in brilliant yellow spring blooms. The flowers are much larger and brighter than other Scotch brooms, making for a truly memorable display, especially when paired with colorful spring blooming bulbs like daffodils, tulips, and crocus. Sister Golden Hair Scotch broom loves sunny, dry conditions, which the bulbs also like, so pairing these plants together works visually as well as horticulturally! After blooming, its graceful green stems are covered in tiny leaves, which provide a unique textural effect. We do not recommend htis plant for the Northwest. 

    Top reasons to grow Sister Golden Hair® Scotch broom:

    - Extra large, very bright yellow flowers 

    - Very deer resistant

    - Thrives in hot, sunny sites

    Salt Tolerant
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Spacing: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Spread: 
    12 - 18 Inches 30cm - 46cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Yellow
    Flower Shade: 
    golden
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    green
    Habit: 
    Mounding Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    Old Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Spring
    Hardiness Zones: 
    5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Low
    Needs Good Drainage
    Uses: 
    Border Plant
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Container gardens, edging, mixed borders

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Needs very well-drained soils, especially during periods of cold temperatures. Mostly maintenance-free, but if it does look a bit scruffy, you can give it a light trim after it blooms in spring.

    PLEASE NOTE: Sister Golden Hair® - Scotch Broom - Cytisus scoparius is restricted and cannot be shipped to the state(s) of CA, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA and WI MD notes that it may be invasive.

    Sister Golden Hair® Cytisus scoparius 'SMSCGF' USPP 26,616, Can 5,638
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    • This plant is HIGHLY INVASIVE. You are terrible for selling it.

      Dale
      , 1 year ago
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