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By Jal

United Kingdom Gb

I inherited a garden with a big purple flowering broom type bush which this year following the cold winter looks dead. I would like to know its identity and what has happened. It normally produces bright purple flowers in June. My garden is located in West London UK




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What shape are the flowers? trumpets? daisies? clusters? drooping racemes? large flowerheads comprised of tiny flowers? Was the plant evergreen or deciduous?

3 Jun, 2011

 

Could he be thinking of Ceanothus? julien.

3 Jun, 2011

 

Most likely, Julien, but as for which one - the description of 'purple' flowers is confusing - they're blue, of course, either light or dark, but then colour perception differs from person to person... I'm wondering about Gloire de Versailles or similar rather than the May flowering evergreen version...

3 Jun, 2011

 

The flowers of Gloire de Versailles are pale blue, not remotely purple.
Chamaecytisus purpureus, from southern Europe, is a broom-type shrub with purple flowers so maybe that is what we are being asked about

3 Jun, 2011

 

I thought that flowered in May? Does here anyway...

3 Jun, 2011

 

Or notospartium carmichaeliae? A not-so-hardy New Zealand large shrub

4 Jun, 2011

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