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jane knapmanjane knapman Posts: 33
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Can anyone identify this shrub for me please ?me  

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,300

    Is it flowering now Jane or is it an old photo?



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • jane knapmanjane knapman Posts: 33

    It's flowering now - I was given it yesterday by my Auntie.  It's in a pot, quite tall, say 2ft and it's got old and leggy.  I'd like to try and give it a new lease of life if I can.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,300

    I don't know leguminous shrubs that well but I'll give it some thought, unless someone else identifies it immediately



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    I think it is a Genista Jane image

  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    http://beautifulgardens.shootgardening.co.uk/sitePlant.php?plantid=1619

  • jane knapmanjane knapman Posts: 33

    Thanks I'll look it up image

  • SalinoSalino Posts: 1,609

    ..that looks like Coronilla glauca, to me... have a look at that one...  it's in flower now...

    the leaves on the Genista look a little different, but it's difficult to say without enlarging these images...

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 22,631

    I'm thinking Coronilla too.

    http://www.infojardin.net/galerias/albums/userpics/normal_AZCA4.JPG

     

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    I stand correctedimageimage

    Pam LL

  • happymarionhappymarion Posts: 4,591

    Yes Coronilla citrina is a little bit lighter yellow flowers but i had a cutting of another variety from a friend last year that does have flowers like that.  It will do well in the border and flower almost all year round and cuttings are very easy to take.  Does it have a heavenly scent.  In the summer the scent travels many yards.

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