The Yellow on the Broom: The Early Days of a Traveller Woman

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Cytisus x 'Lena' (Lena scotch broom) a dwarf variety that grows 4 feet tall. Foliage is deep green and flowers are ruby red and yellow through spring and early summer. Cytisus x praecox (Warminster broom) is a hybrid that grows to 5 feet tall offering pale yellow flowers in early May. Broom was considered a sign of plenty when it bore many flowers. [36] However a traditional rhyme from Sussex warns: "Sweep the house with blossomed broom in May/sweep the head of the household away." [35] Broom was also used in a decorated bundle of broom at weddings in place of rosemary when that was scarce, [36] and its strong smell was said to be able to tame wild horses and dogs. [37] Distilled in London from a unique combination of 15 botanicals and outrageously finished in Pink. Topped up with Mediterranean Fever tree Tonic.

That’s true where I live, in Fife’s Lomond Hills. Here, I’ve noticed that gorse eagerly exploits the slightest chink in winter’s armour. During a very mild spell we experienced around New Year 2014/15, a few brave gorse bushes near me put out one or two flowers. It wasn’t a wholehearted flowering, rather it was gorse dipping its toe in the warm winter puddle to see if it was worth jumping in feet first. community and the joy of being free to live and work out amongst nature. Lyrics Adam McNaughtan sings Yellow on the BroomA beautiful and much-loved song about Scots gypsy-travellers knowing that it is time to stop living in their winter house and to go out and travel the roads. Outside of its native range, it is an ecologically destructive colonizing invasive species in grassland, shrub and woodland, and other habitats. [17] [18] Ecology [ edit ] As an invasive species [ edit ] Broom is an invasive species in North America. Wild Flowers of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, Scotland". Lenymede.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006 . Retrieved 15 August 2018. Michael Wink; Thomas Hartmann; Ludger Witte; Joachim Rheinheimer (1982). "Interrelationship between quinolizidine alkaloid producing legumes and infesting insects: exploitation of the alkaloid-containing phloem sap of Cytisus scoparius by the broom aphid Aphis cytisorum" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. 37 (11–12): 1081–1086. doi: 10.1515/znc-1982-11-1206. S2CID 6640269.

Traditionally drunk in the afternoon it tastes equally good early morning. This tea screams sophisticated, floral and fresh. Although gorse blooms best in the spring, it will do so to a lesser extent at other times of the year if it is mild enough. Hence the old saying ‘When gorse is out of blossom, kissing’s out of fashion’. It’s a humorous adage, a knowing wink to the fact that gorse can flower all year round in milder climes. Jones, Dan (2013). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Viking. ISBN 9780670026654. I dare say many people have their favourite gorse hotspots around Scotland, such as along the west coast at Arisaig and Morar, or perhaps the hills overlooking Helmsdale, but my own personal hotspot is in Edinburgh. In the seven years I spent in the city, I kept my legs hill-fit by going up Arthur’s Seat almost every day after work. It was a pleasure any time of year but I always looked forward to April and May, for that was when Arthur put on his gorsey glad rags.

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We did call one of the young waitresses and questioned the food and she said ‘I can assure you it’s all fresh as I see the chef preparing it all’. She did mention it to the manager though who came over to us. We told her our thoughts and one of my friends said to her it looked like vegetables that would be served In care home. We couldn’t actually believe her reply when she said Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. and Warburg, E.F. 1968. Excursion Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge Press. ISBN 0-521-04656-4 The Yellow Broom is surrounded by lawns, a beautiful secluded south facing garden and heated terrace, enjoying an idyllic, typically English setting. But beyond the eye-catching displays is Russell's Lost Plot; vegetable, herb and flower garden that provide when in season pretty flowers displays and ultra fresh, organic herbs and salads.