Ulex europaeus seed

LATIN NAME: Ulex europaeus

COMMON NAME: Gorse

Gorse is the fine, tough, spiny, golden-flowered shrub of the heaths and the coasts, and its great, blazing show of the small, golden-yellow, pea-like flowers has made it a familiar of the wild landscapes for a very long time. The dense, spiny, green, many-branched shrub carries the small, stiff, spine-tipped leaves, and the small, golden-yellow, pea-like flowers open in the great, bright masses through the spring, filling the air with the fine, sweet, coconut scent. The tough, spiny shrub is a fine, hardy, easy plant of the poor, sandy, sunny ground, though it spreads freely and is best kept to its own corner. It is a plant of the open, well-drained, poor ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

Gorse has a steady and well-documented place in the plant science, and the shrub has been studied for its tough, spiny growth and its long record as a plant of the heaths and the coasts. The small, golden-yellow flowers and the way the shrub thrives in the poor, sandy ground have been studied closely, and the plant keeps showing up in the work on the coastal shrubs and the nitrogen-fixing legumes of the wild regions. The blazing, golden flowers have also made it a fine ornamental shrub, and it is a regular subject of the studies of the hardy, spiny legumes and the wild, coastal plantings.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Gorse is grown for the great, blazing show of the golden-yellow flowers. The small, pea-like flowers open in the great, bright masses through the spring, filling the air with the fine, sweet, coconut scent and drawing in the bees and the butterflies. The tough, spiny shrub is a fine, hardy shelter and a soil-holding plant of the poor, sandy, coastal ground, and the golden flowers have long been a fine sight of the wild landscape. It spreads freely in the mild, open ground, so it is best kept to its own corner in the garden. It has been written up in the botanical and the ecological papers for its blazing flowers and its hardy, wild ways, and it is a fine, tough plant of the sunny, poor, well-drained garden.

Gorse is one of the great golden sights of the spring heath, and the small, pea-like flowers open in the blazing, sweet-scented masses, drawing in the bees and the butterflies. The tough, spiny shrub is a fine, hardy shelter of the poor, sandy, coastal ground, though it spreads freely and is best kept to its own corner.

In the right spot the gorse is a fine, dependable, long-lived shrub, and it asks for very little beyond the sun and the poor, sandy, well-drained ground. The golden-yellow flowers keep opening through the spring, filling the air with the fine, sweet, coconut scent.

To grow the gorse from seed, soak the small, hard, dark seeds in hot water for a few minutes, then sow them at a shallow depth in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keep them in a bright, open spot and water gently. The seedlings come up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the poor, sandy, well-drained ground, the great, golden, sweet-scented masses of the flowers will be there through the spring.

Ulex europaeus – ginestrone Arbusto sempreverde alto fino a 3-4 m. Presenta fusti spinosi sottili, legnosi ed eretti, scarsamente ramificati. Le foglie sono piccole, rigide di colore verde scuro. La fioritura va dalla stagione primaverile alla stagione autunnale ed i fiori sono di colore giallo-oro molto profumati. Esigenze Pedoclimatiche Si adatta a tutti i tipi di terreno, anche sassosi e poveri purché ben drenati. Gradisce esposizione ben luminosa, preferibilmente in pieno sole e ben sopporta la siccità, il vento e la salsedine. Pianta rustica, sopporta climi freddi fino a -10°c/-12°c. Semina In primavera Informazioni Botaniche Nome Botanico: Ulex europaeus Famiglia: Fabaceae

Growing to 2–3 metres (7–10 ft) tall, it is an evergreen shrub. The young stems are green, with the shoots and leaves modified into green spines, 1–3 centimetres (0.39–1.18 in) long.[2] Young seedlings produce normal leaves for the first few months; these are trifoliate, resembling a small clover leaf.