Purple Broom

Purple Broom

5 Gallon
$49.90
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Purple Broom

Polygala virgata 'Portola'

A tough, ever-blooming evergreen for effortless, long-season purple color in sunny gardens.

$49.90
Container sizeSize guide 5 Gallon

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Description

Purple Broom, often sold as Sweet Pea Shrub, is a popular, free-flowering evergreen shrub celebrated for its incredibly long bloom season and ease of care. It is smothered in a profusion of vivid purplish-pink, pea-shaped flowers with a crested lip from early spring well into fall, and often year-round in mild climates. Its fine-textured, bright green foliage on arching branches creates a soft, informal look. Tough, drought-tolerant, and fast-growing, it is ideal for adding non-stop color to slopes, informal hedges, or mixed shrub borders.

  • Marathon Bloomer: One of the longest-blooming shrubs, producing vibrant purple-pink flowers almost continuously from spring through fall.

  • Fast, Informal Growth: Quickly forms a dense, rounded shrub with a slightly arching habit, reaching 4-6 feet tall and wide.

  • Unfussy & Tough: Adapts to a wide range of well-drained soils, is highly drought and heat tolerant once established, and is generally pest-free.

  • Attracts Beneficial Insects: The nectar-rich flowers are a reliable food source for bees and butterflies throughout the growing season.

  • Ideal for Slopes & Low-Maintenance Areas: Excellent for erosion control on sunny banks or in water-wise gardens where color is desired with minimal input.

Quick Facts

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  • Mature height: 4-6 ft.
  • Mature spread: 4-6 ft.
  • Light: Full sun to partial shade

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  • Features:Foliage: Small, slender, lance-shaped, evergreen leaves that are bright green and cover the plant densely.Flowers: Produces abundant, pea-like, vibrant purple-magenta flowers with a distinctive fringed white crest. Blooms profusely from spring through fall, with some flowers appearing year-round in mild climates.Habit: A fast-growing, evergreen shrub with a dense, rounded, and bushy growth habit and fine, arching branches.
  • Growth Rate: Fast
  • Key Advantages:Long and prolific blooming season.Drought tolerant once established.Low maintenance and easy to grow.Attracts butterflies and other pollinators.Tolerates coastal conditions
  • Landscape Uses:Informal hedge or screen.Mixed shrub borders.Container planting.Coastal and Mediterranean gardens

Faqs

Q: Does it require deadheading?
A: No, it is self-cleaning and does not require deadheading to continue blooming prolifically. This makes it an extremely low-maintenance flowering shrub.

Q: How can I keep it from becoming leggy?
A: To encourage a denser, more compact plant, prune it back by about one-third in late winter or early spring before new growth begins. This will promote branching and result in more flowers.

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San Francisco Bay Area is our primary local delivery market. Victory Nursery also serves additional California markets and selected extended delivery areas by arrangement.

Regular local delivery: San Francisco, Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay, Marin, Tracy / Mountain House and surrounding service areas.

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