Tagasaste - Tree Lucerne NEW

Description: Tagasaste (Tree Lucerne, Cytisus proliferus) is a fast-growing, deep-rooted perennial shrub or small tree valued for its multiple functions in productive landscapes. Native to the Canary Islands, it is widely used in Australia for fodder, windbreaks, and soil improvement due to its nitrogen-fixing ability. Tagasaste thrives in poor, sandy, or degraded soils, is highly drought tolerant once established, and responds well to pruning or coppicing. It provides high-protein forage for livestock, abundant nectar-rich flowers for pollinators, and makes an excellent pioneer species in permaculture systems, where it improves soil fertility, offers shelter, and supplies mulch or green manure while supporting long-term ecosystem regeneration.