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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.
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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.
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You can make an order by selecting plants with quantities and putting them in your Shopping Bag.
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By placing an order you are not obligated to purchase the plants online and you will not be asked for any payment at this stage.
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We will confirm prices, availability and delivery/collection dates with you by email.
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Only when all the details of your order are agreed, will we send you an agreed Factura/Invoice and request payment from you.
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Once an order is agreed we require a 50% payment to secure the plants. Plants in the shopping basket are not reserved until an order is placed.
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Availability - the store contains 3 availability categories
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Plants ready for despatch, collection within 14 days
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Plants we have but they are still growing into their containers. These are offered for reservation and will be released once they are ready. An estimated date for their availability is given.
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Plants that we only hold a limited stock of, or only propagate occasionally or on demand. This also includes plants we are going to propagate in the near future.
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Read more on our plant availability and advance orders here​
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