This shrub has an erect ridged woody stems with spreading branches that form a dense crown and has a shallow taproot. It has mid-green leaves with 3-leaflets and the yellow fragrant pea-shaped flowers appear in a raceme from spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 6 to 11 

Genista monspessulana is naturally found from the Mediterranean to central Europe growing in well drained, fertile moist sandy stony soils in an open sunny position and is frost and drought resistant. 

Montpellier Broom is grown for its flowers and bushy habit. It is planted along borders for screening and is ideal for coastal settings. It is a colonising shrub that forms large thickets and is normally found along roadsides and in disturbed soils. Under ideal conditions it is regarded as a weed and establishes in 2-3 years. ID 879

Genista (ge-NIS-ta) monspessulana (mon-spes-ew-LAH-nah)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)