Fabaceae
Ulex baeticus
Ulex baeticus
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Gorse · Shrub · Mediterranean · Iberian · Spiny · Drought Tolerant · Native · Rare · Bee Friendly · Evergreen
Ulex baeticus is a spiny, dense gorse shrub native to southern Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, best grown in well-drained soils in a sunny to lightly shaded garden position. It is moderately drought tolerant once established and requires little fertilisation but benefits from a light trim after flowering to maintain shape. This plant is rarely available outside specialist Mediterranean or native plant nurseries and is best suited to warm, dry garden climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is moist; allow to dry slightly between waterings · Every 10-14 days; less frequently once established
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Morocco, Portugal, Spain
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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