gorse-bushes

A venerable old man stood looking at him steadily and silently; a tall old man, white-haired and white-bearded, but still with brows black and thick as gorse-bushes, and eyes as. starkly blue as a winter sky beneath them.

Monk's Hood Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1992

Suddenly, as I looked ahead, the gleam of metal caught my eye from amid the thick gorse-bushes.

The Adventure of the Priory School 1985

For fifty yards or so Laura still followed the path and this kept to the line of the old railway track, which also sprouted wild plants, grass and gorse-bushes.

The Murder of Busy Lizzie Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1973

George even stood up and went bravely to the window, where there was nothing to be seen but the quiet countryside outside, with its stretches of heather, gorse-bushes and silver birches

Five On A Secret Trail Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1956

But it wasn't really very easy to find because it was behind a great mass of thick tall gorse-bushes.

Five Go To Mystery Moor Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1954

The gorse-bushes became more frequent as they got nearer the top; very old and tall they were, gaunt and leggy below but thick above, and already putting out yellow flowers that glimmered in the gloom and gave a faint sweet scent.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

It was covered with thick-growing bracken and heather, with a few stunted gorse-bushes -- but there was no place that would really give them a safe shelter to sleep.

The Adventurous Four Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

He saw in folds of the land little copses of ash whose trunks showed pale as ghost-trees; he saw, gleaming here and there through the gorse-bushes, the stream that ran along the bottom of the slope below the cart-track that led to Cloom.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse

The boys climbed to the flat top of the highest boulder, where the gorse-bushes, some still darkly green, some breaking into yellow flame, thrust their strong clumps from the rocky soil to stretch in a level sea, inset with tracts of heath and bracken, for miles around.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse

"I'll come to the mill with you," said the Parson briskly, and Ishmael set off by his side without a word, but presently lagged behind a moment to drop his carefully-prepared offering between two gorse-bushes.

Secret Bread F. Tennyson Jesse