| 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 5 - 7m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Espalier, Shade tree, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Trifoliate (ternate), Elliptic, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Legume, Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflets sessile, elliptic, 2-7cm long x 2-3cm wide; flowers yellow, wisteria-like, 2-3cm long, in pendulous racemes 15-35cm long, May-Jun. Winter ID: persistent split legume pericarps 3-5cm long. | |