This small deciduous tree has a short greyish trunk with spreading branches that form a rounded crown. It has divided leaves with dark green elliptical leaflets and the golden yellow pea-shaped flowers appear in a pendant cluster from late spring to early summer.

Hardiness zones 3 to 9

Laburnum x watereriis a cross between Laburnum alpinumand Laburnum anagyroidesand may appear naturally where the two species grow together in central Europe to Croatia. It prefers a open sunny position and grows in a well drained moderately fertile soil and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

The Golden Chain Tree is grown for its pendant flowers and its rounded habit. It is planted in parks and gardens along borders as a specimen tree or for screening. It is also used in group planted along pathways for an arching effect. It is suitable for coastal or low-mountain regions establishing in 3 to 4 years and is moderately long lived. ID 3219

Laburnum(la-BURN-um) x watereri(WAR-teh-REH-ree)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)