Description
Notospartium –
There are about 3 species of broom like, shrubs or trees in this genus. They occur on valley side and river terraces in New Zealand. They are grown for their elegant habit, green, leafless branches, and pendulous racemes of pink to light purple, pea like flowers, borne in mid summer, followed by pea pod like seed capsules that mature to brown. Grow in a shrub border or at the base of a sunny wall.
Grow in moist but well drained gritty soil in full sun, shelter from strong winds. They may require staking.
N. carmichaeliae – Pink Broom – New Zealand Pink Broom – This weeping, deciduous shrub from New Zealand grows 6-12′ feet tall and 5′ feet wide and is the only species commonly grown. From slender, pendulous, leafless green shoots it carries pea like, purple veined, lilac-pink flowers, 3/8″ long, with broad, standard petals, are held in dense, slender racemes, to 2″ long.
Zones 8-10
