CYTISUS PRAECOX, or Warminster broom, is a highly attractive flowering shrub with an abundance of creamy yellow blooms. This broom is most suitable for growing in hot, dry situations. Although ripening a heavy crop of seed, these do not come true to type. Frost damage can cause the loss of many plants, especially where there is no breakwind. A simple means of providing protection can be made from newspaper and is suitable for any specimen which has a stem of twelve inches or more. Dampen a large size newspaper, of at least eight thick nesses, and wrap it tightly around the stem. Enough paper should be left at the base so that it can be spread out on the ground. Soil is then placed on this so as to prevent cold air percolating upwards. The paper around the stem is tied at the top and bottom.

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30822, 6 August 1965, Page 6

CYTISUS PRAECOX, or Warminster broom, is a highly attractive flowering shrub with an abundance of creamy yellow blooms. This broom is most suitable for growing in hot, dry situations. Although ripening a heavy crop of seed, these do not come true to type. Frost damage can cause the loss of many plants, especially where there is no breakwind. A simple means of providing protection can be made from newspaper and is suitable for any specimen which has a stem of twelve inches or more. Dampen a large size newspaper, of at least eight thick nesses, and wrap it tightly around the stem. Enough paper should be left at the base so that it can be spread out on the ground. Soil is then placed on this so as to prevent cold air percolating upwards. The paper around the stem is tied at the top and bottom.