This upright shrub has a short trunk with arching silvery-green stems that form a rounded bushy habit. It has a few mid green linear leaves and the white pea-shaped flowers appear in a dense cluster during early spring. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 10 

Retama monosperma is naturally found from Portugal to Spain and northern Africa extending to the Canary Islands growing in shrubland on the coast and inland. 

It prefers an open sunny wind protected position and grows in sharply drained sandy-stony soils that are moderately fertile and is frost and drought tolerant. 

The White Weeping Broom is grown for its flowers and weeping habit. It is planted along borders in small or fragrant gardens as a specimen or used against a sunny wall. It is suitable for coastal or inland regions establishing in 3 to 4 years and is moderately long lived. In frost prone climates it is grown as a specimen under glass. ID 3152

Retama (ray-TAH-mah) monosperma (MON-oh-SPERM-ah)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)