Genista tinctoria

£2.50

Dyer’s greenweed. A dwarf shrub from Europe, growing 1 m (3 ft) high; a nitrogen-fixing legume. All aerial parts are used medicinally and for dyeing. A bee plant and ground cover plant; a fibre is obtained from the stems. Needs full sun and a well-drained soil; hardy to -40°C. Stratification: SC. Number of seeds: 30.

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Dyer’s greenweed. A dwarf shrub from Europe, growing 1 m (3 ft) high; a nitrogen-fixing legume. All aerial parts are used medicinally and for dyeing. A bee plant and ground cover plant; a fibre is obtained from the stems. Needs full sun and a well-drained soil; hardy to -40°C. Stratification: SC