Flowers look like a pineaple and it smells like one

Frantastic

I have just returned from Walton on naze and saw this shrub growing on a caravan site.The flowers are groups of small wisteria looking yellow flowers which look like small pineapples and it has a sweet pineapple smell.The leaves are hairy and silvery green on individual stems growing from new growth so not woody but has some older woody stems.The shrubs were aprox 2-3 metres high.Does anyone know what this plant is.the leaves grow in groups of 3 on a stem and are oval in shape aprox 7 centimetres long but vary.

Dovefromabove

Cytisus battandieri http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/may/02/scented-honey-suckle sometimes known as Pineapple broom.

It's a lovely plant - and what a good description!!!

Frantastic

Oops definitely not a honeysuckle I Habe a picture but don't know how to upload it on this forum as I am new to this site.

Frantastic

Thankyou Sarah 4 for the link and yes that is definitely the plant I saw.I was thinking of buying one for my Garden but reading the info on it it would seem to be a fast growing shrub which may overtake the posisiton I had in mind.Really good info so thanks.Pineapple Broom.very appropriate.

SwissSue

http://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/cytisus-battandieri/3589.html

 

Dovefromabove

Sorry  meant this one http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5624 -  

No, it's not a thug at all, it's a really lovely plant, quite easy to contain within it's space - go one, get one 

Our local pub has one trained against a fence in the garden - sitting out there on a warm summer afternoon with a glass of something cool, listening to the bees buzzing and smelling the scent of pineapple - heaven