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Golden Chain Tree Laburnum anagyroides
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Botanical Name:
Laburnum anagyroides
Common Name:
Golden Chain Tree
Germination Test Type:
Cut
Collection Locale:
Hungary
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
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In Stock: 4.74 lb
Prices
Sample Bulk Pricing
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More Details Information
Characteristics
Specimen Tree
Flowering Shrub
Flowering Tree
Heat Tolerant
Poisonous
Summer Color
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Growing Info:
Scarification:
Pour boiling water over seed , repeat process on seed that did not imbibe; Seed coat may require filing or sanding to allow water infiltration~
Stratification:
none required, hard seed coat must be reduced by scarification~
Germination:
sow seed 1/4 deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed
Other:
if boiling water treatment does not allow seed to imbibe, sulfuric acid treatment is can also be used in place of filing / sanding
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Comments:
Pendulous clusters of golden-yellow flowers; trifoliate leaves; bushy, usually low-branched and spreading; much grown throughout Europe; native to central ans southern Europe; poisonous!
Physical Characteristics
: A decidious Tree growing to 6 m (19ft) by 6 m (19ft) at a fast rate. It is hardy to zone 5. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from Sep to October. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects.It can fix Nitrogen. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires dry or moist soil.The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure. It can tolerate atmospheric pollution.
A shrub with smooth bark, dark green spreading branches and pendulous and pubescent twigs. The leaves (made of three leaflets) have a long pedunculus, are smooth on the upperside and hairy on the underside. The flowers are golden yellow and sweet scented, are grouped in pendulous racemes upto 25 cm long, and typically bloom in May. The seeds are legumes with large numbers of black seeds that contain cytisine (an alkaloid extremely poisonous to humans but also goats and horses, especially when not ripe. However, some wild animals such as hares and deer can feed on them without any problems, and because of this the plant is believed to have magic properties in some regions. The wood is hard and heavy, of a yellow/brown colour, ideal for making posts, for woodturning and as fuel. In the past (and today on historic re-enactments) it was used for making bows.
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