Chordospartium - Weeping Broom

DESCRIPTION: This group consists of only one tender, deciduous shrub that is a native of New Zealand. C. stevensonii, the Weeping Broom, is an interesting, medium-sized, broom-like, leafless shrub. In the summer, racemes of white flowers tinged with lavender-pink are produced. This bush resembles a tiny, weeping willow. This rare shrub looks brown and dead for the first few years of life.

POTTING: Grow Weeping Brooms in any well-drained, friable soil.

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VARIETIES: C. stevensonii.

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