Scientific Name: Laburnum x watereri
Common Name: golden chain tree
Family Name: Fabaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Espalier, Shade tree, Specimen plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Elliptic, Entire
Flowers: Yellow, May-Jun
Fruit: Legume, Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Leaves trifoliate, leaflets sessile; flowers yellow, wisteria-like, in pendulous racemes, spring. Winter ID: split open fruit pods about 4cm long.