Cytisus

Cytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Genisteae which are commonly called brooms. They are shrubs producing masses of brightly coloured, pea-like flowers, often highly fragrant.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Members of the segregate genera Calicotome, Chamaecytisus, and Lembotropis are sometimes included in Cytisus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Species

Template:As of, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepted the following species and natural hybrids:Template:R Template:Columns-list

Award of Garden Merit cultivars

Species have been widely cultivated and hybridised, and the following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

• Cytisus × beanii <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Boskoop Ruby'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (deep crimson flowers,<ref name=Andy/>)
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Zeelandia'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (lilac, pink and cream flowers,<ref name=Andy/>)
• Cytisus 'Burkwoodii'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (cerise red or crimson red and yellow edged flowers,<ref name=Andy>Andy McIndoe Template:Google books</ref>)
• Cytisus 'Hollandia'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (red and pale cream flowers,<ref name=Andy/>)
• Cytisus × kewensis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (Cytisus ardoinii × Cytisus multiflorus; small, prostrate shrub with cream flowers)
• Cytisus 'Lena' <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cytisus nigricans 'Cyni'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Cytisus × praecox 'Allgold'<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (yellow flowers)
• Cytisus × praecox 'Warminster' <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (pale yellow flowers)