Rogers Trees and Shrubs - Laburnum alpinum Tree


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Laburnum alpinum. Click a photo to enlarge it. back to list

synonyms: Alpine Golden Chain, Scotch Laburnum

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tree/shrub type: Broad leaved trees and shrubs

foliage: Deciduous

size: Average shrubs

leaf type: Palmate

types of fruit: Trees and shrubs with pods/beans

flowering period: Spring

leaf colour: Leaves green

plants for a purpose: Trees and shrubs with decorative yellow/greenish flowers

growing conditions: Frost tolerant plants USDA zone 7 to -10°F or -22°C

Laburnum alpinum (Mill.) Bercht. & Presl Scotch Laburnum or Alpine Golden Chain
A small tree, originally from the Alps, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, long cultivated in Europe, including Britain. Height to about 6m (20ft). Flowers open in June and are in larger, denser flowerheads than Common Laburnum (L. anagyroides). Each flower is about 1.8cm (žin) long with hairless stalks. Seed pods are about 5-7.5cm (2-3in) long. Leaves are less downy than Common Laburnum. Z5.

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