Brooms Genista

Valencia's low-flammability gardening guide includes bridal broom, Genista monosperma, in its recommended shrub table. The botanical name identifies the selection; the recommendation does not cover every shrub that a nursery or garden guide calls broom.

Girona's 2020 fire-prevention gardening guide classifies Genista scorpius as very inadvisable. The judgment comes from its garden-suitability method, which considers fire evidence together with fuel structure, maintenance, origin and invasiveness. It is a broader horticultural and fire-prevention assessment than a single laboratory ignition measurement.

Both sources concern gardens in Mediterranean settings, and they name different species. Their contrast supports a qualified answer about Genista: bridal broom has a favorable regional recommendation, but Genista scorpius has an explicit warning. Neither a shared genus nor the familiar name broom makes those two recommendations interchangeable.