№06
Fabaceae.
Distinctive coconut scent.
Slight almond taste.
Bright yellow flowers with thorny leaves, this plant can reach 2m to 3m in height. Gorse flowers blossom a little in late autumn through winter, coming into flower most strongly in spring.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland (where the plant is called ‘whin’) are drenched in the smell of sweet coconut in spring thanks to the abundance of gorse flowers.
Explore the locally foraged plants that we use to make The Botanist gin.
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