{"id":2544,"date":"2019-09-27T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/pal-question-339\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T23:35:36","slug":"broom-plant-used-in-japanese-flower-arrangement","status":"publish","type":"pal","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/broom-plant-used-in-japanese-flower-arrangement\/","title":{"rendered":"broom plant used in Japanese flower arrangement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>While living in Japan and practicing flower arrangement, I often used a branch known as ossified broom. It was always available at flower stores there. The color is gray-green, has the typical multiple straight stems as Scotch Broom but also had some thick and twisted branches that are very attractive in arrangements. I would like to plant it so that I would have a ready supply. Can you help me find the correct name?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I consulted a number of books on Japanese flower arrangement, including <i>The Art of Arranging Flowers: A Complete Guide to Japanese Ikebana<\/i>, by Shozo Sato (Harry N. Abrams, 1965). &#8216;Broom&#8217; may be the common name of a number of different plants, such as Spanish broom (<i>Spartium junceum<\/i>), Scotch broom (<em>Cytisus scoparius<\/em>), and broom cypress (<i>Kochia scoparia<\/i>). Unfortunately, these plants are considered noxious weeds in the State of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>You may want to consider a type of broom (<em>Genista<\/em> or <i>Cytisus<\/i>) that is not considered invasive.<\/p>\n<p>From your description of the branches, I wonder if the appearance would be similar to<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20231216113844\/http:\/\/www.paghat.com\/hazelcatkins.html\"><i> Corylus avellana<\/i> &#8216;Contorta&#8217; (Henry Lauder&#8217;s walking stick).<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While living in Japan and practicing flower arrangement, I often used a branch known as ossified broom. It was always available at flower stores there. The color is gray-green, has the typical multiple straight stems as Scotch Broom but also had some thick and twisted branches that are very attractive in arrangements. I would like to plant it so that I would have a ready supply. Can you help me find the correct name? I consulted a number of books&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/pal\/broom-plant-used-in-japanese-flower-arrangement\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">broom plant used in Japanese flower arrangement<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[490,488,233,486,489,487],"class_list":["post-2544","pal","type-pal","status-publish","hentry","keyword-corylus","keyword-cytisus","keyword-flower-arrangement","keyword-kochia-scoparia","keyword-noxious-weeds-washington","keyword-spartium-junceum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal\/2544"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pal"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pal"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}