Scotch Broom (Cytisus Scoparius) | 100+ seeds | Pollenators

Please find for sale 100+ fresh Scotch Broom seeds (Cytisus Scoparius). Seeds sustainably harvested & prepared by myself.  

Broom is a small- to medium-sized shrub with evergreen foliage that grow quickly in a bushy habit. Leaves are green and small, usually lanceolate. It bears profusions of pretty pea-like flowers in shades of yellow that attract a wide range of pollinators. Broom grows really really well on poor soils - sandy, stoney, wasteland etc but dislikes wet/boggy conditions.

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Germination Guide

• Broom seeds have a very hard, water-impermeable seed coat that requires some pretreatment for successful germination to occur
• Easiest method is the "hot water" method:
• Place the seeds in a cup and pour hot, but not boiling water 75-85c over them. Leave to soak for 8 hours or so.
• Note the seeds that have almost tripled in size and remove these to plant up. Repeat the process for the remaining unswollen seeds making the water a little hotter each time 
• Sow in pots or seed trays of good quality compost at a depth of about 2cm
• Germination takes circa 4 weeks at 15-20°c. 
• Broom dislikes root distrubance so pot onto individual pots as soon as seedlings large enough to prick out
• Plant them out into their permanent positions in late summer if they have made sufficient growth, otherwise in late spring of the following year.