Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a perennial shrub native to northern Africa and parts of Europe. It was introduced into the U.S. in the 1850s as an ornamental, later it was used for erosion ...

Scotch broom was intended to be an easy-growing garden accessory by the Europeans who brought it here in the 19th century. Instead, the plant has created thick patches of flammable brush. For more ...

Want to be a Scotch broom vigilante? As part of a statewide survey, officials are asking residents to finger the worst patches of the hated weed in and around Gig Harbor and the Key Peninsula. The ...

A-J reader L.W. of Lubbock asks if the floriferous, yellow flowering shrubs in full bloom for the last several weeks are Scotch or Spanish brooms. There are actually several brooms – Spanish, Scotch ...

PORT TOWNSEND — If scotch broom, the invasive weed, is not curtailed, it will spread into the equivalent of an agricultural apocalypse, according to a Kala Point man who has started an online petition ...

Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) is a perennial shrub native to northern Africa and parts of Europe. It was introduced into the U.S. in the 1850’s as an ornamental, later it was used for erosion ...