Has anyone grown Coronilla glauca?

This year hopefully the front garden will be transferred into a Medterranean garden with the likes of Cistus, Echium, Escallonia, Convulvus cneorum, Nerium oleander, Myrtle, Viburnum and Yuccas etc.

Has anyone tried Coronilla glauca? and if you have what's it like for flowering, growing, growth rate etc.?

 

I've had one for a year Stephen and it has been in flower for most of the time. It still has some now. It does grow quickly and may even need a trim in it's first year.
I prefer it to the paler Citrina which looks a bit wishy washy to me.

 

Thanks, I took a cutting from Haulfre Gardens in Llandudno as they had it flowering in the Autumn... I say a cutting, it was more a dreft swipe, which took off half the plant (oops), but it's rooted well.. Beautiful plant though, Legume family plants are one of my favourite.

 

I'm with you there!
I had to google yours and like that a lot
I have a few now including;
Clianthus puniceus (loaded with buds bearing in mind its size)
Dorycnium hirsutum (in bud too)
Sesbania punicea (just a seedling)
Kennedia
Albizia

Of course, the one that I would love to grow is the namesake of the man above - Strongylodon macrobotrys.................

 

Just went out and took these, it's one of the few shrubs with flower at the moment, there is still a lot of flower buds coming.

 

Wonderful. thanks guys, I actually first saw this plant being sold at Ness Botanical Gardens, then I saw the plant in Llandudno, then saw the plant in Ness Gardens itself. I think not just the flowers, but the foliage is interesting.

Strongylodon, a fantastic list of plants there, and I suppose added to that could be Genista/Cytisus.. such as battandieri, or the other evergreen types.

 

That was LongK's list but yes you could although C Battandieri can grow into a small tree and I think looks better as a stand alone shrub.

 

If either of you gentlemen are interested I still have seed for Dorycnium hirsutum that I can share..................

 

yes it was LongKs list, oops, I meant LongK..

Apparently Cytisus battandieri grows well as a trained wall shrub/climber.. but think it needs pruning to maintain it's vigour.

LongK, I'm definitely interested, are these attractive to bees? That would definitely be a worthwhile bonus.. it does look like a Mediterranean plant.. and Mediterranean plants are well known for attracting their pollinators.

 

If Strongy doesn't want any they're all yours, otherwise you'll have to share!
This will be the first year that they flower for me so not sure about bees............
Taken just over a year to form this good hardy bush.

 

Mine had a major prune last summer and seems to have sulked a bit. Think it'll pick up in the end, though.