Butcher's Broom

Butchers Broom (Ruscus) - These are distributed throughout Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia. All the hardy kinds may be planted under the drip and shade of trees where few other evergreens could exist. Propagate by division of the roots. The R. aculeatus (Common Butchers Broom) is a native of our copses and woods, with curious prickly leaves, or rather substitutes for leaves, and small greenish flowers in April, which are succeeded by bright red berries about the size of Peas. This dense, much-branched evergreen rarely grows more than 2 feet high, and its thick, white, twining roots strike deep into the ground. The sexes are apart in Ruscus, and to enjoy the handsome scarlet fruits the male and female plants should be mingled.

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