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Chamaecytisus purpureus
Purple broom is a low, spreading shrub in the pea family, native to the southern and southeastern Alps and northern Albania, grown for its purple-pink pea-type spring flowers. It thrives in full sun and well-drained soil, and is hardy in temperate gardens.
Chamaecytisus purpureus (syn. Cytisus purpureus), the purple broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the southern and southeastern Alps and the Dinaric Alps down to northern Albania, and it has been introduced to various locales in Europe and the Caucasus. It is available from commercial suppliers.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaecytisus purpureus 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.
