Laburnum

Laburnum, commonly called Golden Chain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are Laburnum Anagyroides- common laburnum and Laburnum Alpinum –alpine laburnum. They are native to the mountains of southern Europe from France to the Balkan Peninsula.

 

The yellow flowers are responsible for the old poetic name ‘The Golden Chain Tree’.  They have yellow

The laburnum trees are deciduous. The leaves are trifoliate, like a clover; the leaflets are typically 2-3cm long.

They have yellow pea flowers in pendulous racemes 10-30 cm long in spring, which makes them very popular garden trees.