Ulex europaeus
£2.50
Gorse, Furze, Whin. The well known small prickly evergreen shrub from Western Europe, growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) high, with bright yellow flowers at almost any time of the year. Good dyes are obtained from the flowers, and the plant’s wind-tolerance makes it an excellent nurse or windbreak shrub. Also good at stabilising soils. The branches burn readily and make good kindling. Bees love the flowers and goats like to nibble the foliage! A good nitrogen-fixing legume species, which needs sun and a well-drained soil; hardy to -20°C. Stratification: SC. Number of seeds: 50.
25 in stock
Description
Gorse, Furze, Whin. The well known small prickly evergreen shrub from Western Europe, growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) high, with bright yellow flowers at almost any time of the year. Good dyes are obtained from the flowers, and the plant’s wind-tolerance makes it an excellent nurse or windbreak shrub. Also good at stabilising soils. The branches burn readily and make good kindling. Bees love the flowers and goats like to nibble the foliage! A good nitrogen-fixing legume species, which needs sun and a well-drained soil; hardy to -20°C. Stratification: SC