Solved Is this Broom?

Been asked to identify this from an image, is it Broom? I am not too sure.
and how to take a cutting?

 

I would guess that it probably is broom.
It could be some kind of Acacia.
I don't think it's very easy from cuttings but fairly fast from seed.

A close up pic would be good.

 

ok thanks I will see if he can send me a close up.

 

close up....

 

Looks like Gorse to my untrained eye. Has a lovely scent on the breeze.

 

If it's not intensely prickly, to the point of being downright dangerous it's probably broom.

 

Broom is similar to common gorse in size, shape and flower colour, but it lacks the spines and has short, flattened leaves and larger flowers. That photo shows the sharp spines that any golfer in Scotland will tell you is characteristic of Gorse. Why is it always a new ball that goes in the whins?

 

I'm surrounded by both Gorse and Broom here, currently in bloom. That is Gorse in your image.

Broom





Gorse

 

Taking cuttings can be dangerous. I suggest you wear thick gloves and remove the cuttings with a heel attached. However, both Broom and Gorse seed freely, with the pods exploding to scatter the seeds after blooming later in the season. You'll be able to hear the pods click as they burst. A word of warning, both types of plant are difficult to get rid of once established due to the self seeding.

 

Thanks all for the replies I will pass the info on.