Cytisus 'Lena' seed pods HELP!!!!!

I created a large rockery area in my back garden with a load of shrubs and rocks that I was given last year.
Being a complete gardening novice I just planted everything so it looked nice and hoped for the best.
It filled out so well during spring that I have been able to thin it out now that I know what a lot of the shrubs are and how big they are going to get. I've actually been able to recreate the rockery in the front garden.
One of the shrubs I got was a Cytisus 'Lena' and it filled out and flowered beautifully this year.
The problem is that I only got one of these and I desperately want to put it into my front garden as well.
Now that the one in the back garden has finished flowering it appears to be covered in lots of little pea like seed pods.
Am I correct?
Will I be able to plant my own seeds?
If so, when is the best time to harvest the seeds?
How do I treat the seeds and when is the best time to sow them?
I'm not the greatest gardener in the world but I'm really chuffed with my rockeries!

 

I would wait until the seed pods are just starting to turn brown, before picking them. Put them in a PAPER bag until they finish ripening. When that is done, sow them in a seed tray, and see what happens.

 

I would love to see a pic:thumb:

 

I agree with David.
If you leave the pods too long they will expolde and scatter the seed, collect the pods too soon and the seed will not be ripe, so timing is important.
I'm not sure the seedlings will be exactly the same as the patent plant, but something interesting should arise.

 

Thanks all!
Looks like I'm going to have to be patient and diligent!
If I get any results I'll let you know.

I live in private rented accomodation so the more freebie gardening I can do the better!
I would love to get stuck into ripping the garden out and starting again but I'll just have to
wait for that pleasure. Until then our landlord is more than happy to let us 'improve' what
we have. I just begrudge spending money to do it!

Take Care

 

Hi there,
I also bought two Cytisus 'Lena' and planted them in containers. They were also lovely, flowered and produced the seed pods. However, yesterday I was looking at the pods and there was a strange bulge in some of the seed pods. Thinking they were seeds I opened one up, and instead of seeds there were little brown larve (I was a little disgusted)! At the time I didn't know if they would harm the main plant so I removed all of the pods.

Has anyone else had little bugs (weevils??) in their seed pods? I did a little research online and it looks like in America in an attempt to control the invasive broom, they have introduced weevils to control its spread, but there was no mention of control in the UK.

I bought these brooms at B&Q last autumn.