About
Argyrocytisus battandieri 'Yellow Tail' is a medium-sized deciduous shrub characterized by its rounded form. The foliage consists of three elliptic leaflets that have a silky texture when young. In late summer, it produces light yellow flowers with a pineapple fragrance, arranged in upright racemes that can reach lengths of up to 17 cm.
About the genus
Argyrocytisus is a deciduous shrub indigenous to Morocco, characterized by its trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers that emerge in upright racemes.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- 2.5-4 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, City and courtyard gardens
- Fragrance
- Flower
- Toxicity
- All parts including seed are toxic by ingestion. Wear gloves and wash hands after handling
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Best grown in well-drained, poor acid soils in full sun and can be located in an open but not exposed situation. Tolerant of lime but may become chlorotic on shallow chalk soils. Resents transplanting
- Pruning
- Pruning group 1, pruning group 3 or pruning group 13 if wall-trained
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer or early autumn and hardwood cuttings in midwinter
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to broom gall mites
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to honey fungus in gardens where it is present but insufficient data to determine degree of susceptibility