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Chamaecytisus leiocarpus

Chamaecytisus leiocarpus
Photo: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0

Chamaecytisus leiocarpus is a small shrubby legume from the Balkans and southwest Romania, grown mainly as a hardy garden shrub. It does best in full sun and well-drained soil, and needs little attention once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then only in long dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to alkaline soil; tolerates poor, stony ground.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; protect young plants from severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Balkan Pen. to SW. Romania
Climate
temperate

About

Chamaecytisus leiocarpus is a species of shrubby flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Europe, ranging from the countries of the Northwest Balkan Peninsula and Albania to Bulgaria and Romania.

Other Chamaecytisus plants

Chamaecytisus albus · Chamaecytisus austriacus · Chamaecytisus borysthenicus · Chamaecytisus cassius · Chamaecytisus drepanolobus · Chamaecytisus elongatus · Chamaecytisus eriocarpus · Chamaecytisus frivaldszkyanus · Clustered Broom · Chamaecytisus hirsutus subsp. polytrichus · Chamaecytisus proteus · Purple Broom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaecytisus leiocarpus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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