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Genista lydia is a low, spreading subshrub (Lydian broom) native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria, valued for its masses of yellow pea-type flowers in late spring. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and it grows best when left largely unpruned apart from light trimming after flowering.
Genista lydia, Lydian broom, dwarf broom, or common woadwaxen (a name it shares with Genista tinctoria), is a species in the genus Genista, native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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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.
