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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00000657
11/12/99

Genista pilosa--Silkyleaf Woadwaxen


Hardiness Zones: 5 to 7
Height: 1 ft Spread: 3 ft Form: spreading
Type: broad-leaved evergreen shrub
Annual Growth Rate: less than 12 inches
Flowers: Yellow

Comments: This low shrub is dense and twiggy and produces
yellow, pea-like flowers in late spring. Grow the plant
in full sun and it should be useful on droughty, gravelly
soils.

Cultivars:
'Vancouver Gold' - A short plant only 6 to 12 inches
tall but spreading to 3 feet. The flowers are
golden-yellow.

References for Cultivars: Monrovia Nursery Company 1997,
Sheridan Nurseries 1999, Bailey Nurseries 1999, Ray
Wiegand's Nursery 1999.


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