Genista lydia
Lydia Woadwaxen
Exposure | Full sun |
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Water | Medium, Low Water |
Flower Color | Yellow |
Bloom Time | Spring |
Special Features | Ground Cover, Low Water Use |
Container Sizes | #1, #5 |
Natural Growth Habit | Spreading, Mounding |
Sunset Garden Zones | 2B-6, 14-17 |
Minimum USDA Hardiness Zone | 4A-9B |
Plant Type | Shrub |
Moderately slow-growing evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub to 1-1.5’ tall x 2’ wide. This nearly leafless species forms a dense spreading mound of arching stems clad with tiny medium-green leaves, and is prized for its spectacular display of sweet-pea-like, bright-yellow flowers that nearly cloak the entire plant in early-summer. Well-suited in mixed shrub borders, for slopes or hillsides, or as a mass planted groundcover in larger landscapes. Tolerates heat and poor soil, and requires little water once fully established, making it a fine selection for more arid applications. This grateful species requires very little maintenance and thrives in a full sun exposure.
USDA Zone: 4A-9B