Cytisus Battandieri Pineapple Broom Tree

The pineapple broom or moroccan broom tree shouts summer and will do especially well in full sun.

Cytisus battandieri pineapple broom tree. Flowers were obviously attractive to bumble bees. They smell like cooked pineapple and carry the most deliciously sweet scent. Silvery grey leaves to 10cm 4 long. If you wish to tidy up pineapple broom trees do this during the dormant season.

Argyrocytisus battandieri was named after french pharmacist and botanist jules aimé battandier who was an authority on north west african plants. Cytisus battandieritrees do not require regular pruning. In mild winters it is evergreen holding onto its trifoliate pubescent silky grey green foliage through the winter though rather sparsely. 5 members have or want this plant for trade.

Genus argyrocytisus is a deciduous shrub native to morocco with 3 parted leaves and yellow flowers in erect racemes details a. The foliage is a silken grey green which provides a wonderful silvery foil for other plants. It was introduced to european horticulture in 1922. Description hardy vigorous upright deciduous tree large shrub which spreads with age.

This tree makes a fantastic specimen and it is ideal for a sensory garden. There was a bee on almost every bloom and it was a very large tree. Pineapple broom tree information this tall shrub or small tree hails from morocco. If you require a clear trunk remove any side shoots to help raise the crown.

Flowers yellow in erect clusters to 12cm in length scented of pineapple. Cytisus battandieri yellow tail is a bushy small garden tree or shrub and is ideal for smaller spaces. Focus on removing any damaged diseased or overcrowded branches. Cytisus battandieri also known as pineapple broom or argyrocytisus battandieri is a shrub that produces large yellow flowers in the summer that smell like pineapple.

The pineapple broom tree gets its unusual common name from the highly fragranced flowers. Pruning cytisus battandieri yellow tail tree. Moroccan pineapple broom plants cytisus battandieri syn. This broom is from morocco in the atlas mountains at 1 600m 5 000ft and so despite its appearance as an exotic it is remarkably hardy in england.

Sign up for updates on new plant arrivals and deals. Battandieri is a medium sized deciduous shrub of rounded habit with trifoliate silvery grey leaves which are very silky when young. Cytisus battandieri also known as the pineapple broom tree is a semi evergreen tree with highly scented yellow flowers.