Lydia Woadwaxen

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Lydia Woadwaxen

Genista lydia

Exposure

Full sun

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

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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

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