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Unknown plant???

carol_harmescarol_harmes Posts: 23
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Hi everyone 👋
Would someone kindly let me know what plant this is please??
It’s putting on a wonderful display in our front garden at the moment, but I’m getting loads of friends asking me what it is, so I need your help! Thank you 😊 
I’d also like to know when’s the best time to prune it too please

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Some sort of Broom by the look of it

    Billericay - Essex

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited April 2022
    A very impressive plant!  I think it's a Coronilla, probably glauca. Lots of info here:  Coronilla - Growing Guide - Burncoose Nurseries
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • carol_harmescarol_harmes Posts: 23
    Thanks everyone! I now have something to go on 👍😉
  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,700
    It's not Coronilla. Agree it's some type of Broom, possibly Genista 'Porlock'.
  • carol_harmescarol_harmes Posts: 23
    Hey Borderline, that looks more like it actually 👍
    Yep, I think I agree that that’s it, although I can see the resemblance to Coronilla which Plantminded thought it was. Thanks again, and also to everyone who offered their suggestion 👍
    Have a good evening 😊
  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    I saw a genista at the gc today and it looks exactly the same. 
  • carol_harmescarol_harmes Posts: 23
    Thank you thevictorian - that’s definitely what we have! It’s looking fantastic at the moment; full of bees too 🐝 yay! 🥳

  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    They have lovely arching growth - it would be a pity to spoil that by pruning so go easy.  Also, pruning hard may well kill it.  You can give it a light trim, not into the old wood, when it's finished flowering if it's getting too big.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • carol_harmescarol_harmes Posts: 23
    Thank you Liriodendron, I’ll keep that in mind 👍
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