On Apr 25, 12:49 pm, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
Like a small gorse, except blue. No seeds at this time of year,
unfortunately :-(

But what is it? It looked an excellent plant for a dry, sunny
bank? Obviously cold-hardy, deer resistant, yada yada ....

Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

There was a guy who put photos of a blue flowered broom up here a few
years ago; Iberian broom with blue flowers and low mound habit.
Hedgehog broom or something like that was the verdict (I just searched
the newsgroup; Dave Poole identified it as Erinacea).
http://www.azenhadoramalho.com/plantid.htm