Quantity | Price per item | Discount |
5 plants | €5,30 | 12% off |
Giesta-branca or Spanish/Portuguese Broom. An upright deciduous shrub that bears a profusion of white flowers in late spring to early summer. Growing between 1 and 2.5 metres on poor dry soils it is a frost hardy, drought tolerant tough large shrub. Information on the internet is dominated by planta-phobes warnings of it being invasive - not so here, this is where it lives, and it's a successful and easily controllable plant, contributing significantly to wildlife habitat and repairing mankind's ecological damage. Good habitat for birds, insects and chameleons.
A valuable plant in land reclamation, a legume and primary coloniser, it provides early shelter for other less vigorous plants to establish. Although it is fast-growing and therefore often a sprawling shrub, it responds well to being trimmed or even cut back to 20 - 30 cm above ground. Recent changes in Algarvian roadside maintenance show how quickly it produces a dense shrub of new, bright green growth after being flailed to ground level.
We are a plant nursery in the Algarve specialising in dry mediterranean species. We propagate and grow our own stock in conditions they are likely to endure when they are planted out.
We grow plants that are adapted to the dry land conditions in Portugal and southern Spain, both mediterranean perennials and succulents.
We choose plants that require very little water and maintenance. We produce a range of dry land plants that are typical of the worlds mediterranean regions. These are available to order ready for planting in the wetter months of the year. Please order the plants you need and we’ll have them ready at the best time for planting.
To ensure your new plants adapt and establish quickly, we produce them in special anti-spiral root pruning containers and a range of fibre pots (no plastic waste) with our own tried and tested growing media.
Viveiros Jardimseco
Tavira, Algarve
Please note we have no retail outlet or garden centre and are not open to the public. For more information you can contact us here.
Plantas adaptadas à seca - produzimos plantas adaptadas às condições de Portugal e Sul de Espanha, tanto espécies mediterrânicas como suculentas.
Oferecemos uma gama de espécies típicas das zonas climáticas mediterrânicas em todo o mundo.