Scotch or Common Broom


Photo: Lorna Rose		Scotch or Common Broom Cytisus scoparius Trees and Shrubs ACT & High Country Region

	This plant is a declared noxious weed in SA, WA, and parts of NSW, VIC and Tasmania. It has bright yellow pea-type flowers that persist over summer.

HOW IT SPREADS Each flower produces a pod of five to eight seeds, the summer ripened seeds explode from the pod as a scattering mechanism. Seed is carried by livestock, humans and the movement of soil or by floodwaters. The seeds are viable for a long time contributing to succeeding generations of plants. Avoid growing the Genista monspessulana or Spartium junceum for the same reasons. This plant can arrive in your garden as an uninvited guest. Please resist the temptation to let it remain and dig it out!

Alternative Plants


Photo: Lorna Rose		Forsythia Forsythia X intermedia and 'Suspensa' Trees and Shrubs

	An extremely hardy, vase shaped, frost resistant, deciduous shrub to 4 m high. Bare stems burst forth in spring with masses of golden yellow bells. The selected form 'Suspensa' has a weeping habit. Bare stems cut in bud will open and flower indoors.

Photo: Macbird Floraprint		Golden Everlasting or Strawflower Xerochrysum bracteatum 'Dargan Hill Monarch' Climbing and Ground Cover Plants

	Australian annual or short-lived perennial. The flowers are a deep golden yellow everlasting daisy and are suitable for use as a dried cut flower. Ask for these and other varieties at your garden centre.

Photo: Jackie Miles		Hairy Wattle or Weeping Boree Acacia vestita Trees and Shrubs

	This plant occurs naturally on the western slopes and southern tablelands of New South Wales. A graceful, free-flowering weeping shrub with bright yellow flowers in spring.