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Dorycnium hirsutum * Gray Broom 

The soft gray foliage of Dorycnium hirsutum would be enough reason to plant this one.  I chose it on that basis.  I had the pleasant surprise of finding the white-fading to pink flowers in the early summer.  The plant gets to 18" tall and 4' across.  Dorycnium hirsutum is hardy to the low 20's.  The flowers fade away and don't need to be trimmed off.  It has been a great low maintenance plant.  And it give a few Gray Broom seedlings to pass about each year.

 

Dorycnium hirsutum

 

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