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Winged Greenweed

Genista sagittalis

Also called Winged Broom, Arrow Broom

Winged Greenweed
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

Winged greenweed is a low, spiny subshrub from central and southern Europe and Anatolia, grown mainly in rock gardens and borders. It thrives in full sun and sharply drained soil, and resents wet roots.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, poor to average soil, gritty or sandy; tolerates lime.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; protect from prolonged waterlogged cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. & S. Europe to NW. Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Genista sagittalis, called the arrow-jointed broom and winged broom, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Genista, native to central and southern Europe, Ukraine, and Anatolia. Its subspecies Genista sagittalis subsp. delphinensis, called rock broom, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Genista plants

Mt. Etna broom · Canary broom · Spanish Gorse · Mediterranean broom · Genista lydia · Dyer's Greenweed · Broom

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genista sagittalis 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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