Scientific Name:
Laburnum
x
watereri
Pronunciation:
luh-BUR-num ex wuh-TER-er-eye
Common Name:
golden chain tree
Family Name:
Fabaceae
Plant Type:
Tree - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves trifoliate, leaflets sessile; flowers yellow, wisteria-like, in pendulous racemes, spring. Winter ID: split open fruit pods about 4cm long.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Vase
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
7 - 10m
Mature Spread:
7 - 10m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Garden origin (L. alpinum x L. anagyroides)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Espalier, Shade tree, Specimen plant (Caution: poisonous parts)
Additional Info:
Google (potentially invasive locally). Cultivars shown may include L. 'Vossii' (denser habit and longer flower racemes to 60cm long). Also consider weeping Scotch laburnum.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Trifoliate (ternate)
Shapes:
Elliptic
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Entire