Cytise aubour - Common laburnum - Lluvia de oro

Laburnum anagyroides Medik. (port)

Pelouse calcaire (alt. 180 m)

Dinant (province de Namur, Wallonie, Belgique)

Néophyte (Centre de l'Europe)

Laburnum × watereri, you can see the family resemblance to Wisteria (Pea family)

The Laburnum is now at its best.

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Cassia fistula L.

KASS-ee-uh -- from an ancient Greek name kasia used by Dioscorides ... Dave's Botanary

FIST-yoo-luh -- hollow (tube-like) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: golden shower, Indian laburnum, purging cassia • Arabic: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar • Assamese: কৰ্ণিকাৰ kornikar, ৰাজবৃক্ষ rajobrkhyo, সোণাৰু shonaru • Bengali: বাঁদরলাঠি bandaralathi, সোনালী sonali, সোনালু sonalu • Gujarati: ગરમાળો garmalo • Hindi: अमलतास amaltas, सियार की लाठी siyar-ki lathi • Kannada: ಕಕ್ಕೆಮರ kakkemara, ಕೊಂದೆ konde • Konkani: बाळो balo • Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന kanikkonna, കൊന്ന konna • Manipuri: চহুঈ chahui • Marathi: अमलताश amaltash, बहावा bahava • Mizo: ngai-ngaw • Nepali: अमल्तास् amaltas, राजवृक्ष rajbrichhya • Oriya: ସୁନାରି sunari • Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar • Punjabi: ਅਲੀਸ alis, ਅੰਬਲਤਾਸ ambaltas • Sanskrit: आरग्वध aragvadha, कर्णिकार karnikara • Tamil: சரக்கொன்றை cara-k-konrai, இதழி itali • Telugu: కోలపొన్న kola ponna, రేల rela, శంపాకము shampakmu • Tibetan: don ga • Urdu: املتاس amaltas

Distribution: widely naturalized / cultivated in tropics; possible origin tropical Asia

References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • Dave's Garden • Wikipedia

Like Forsythia, the flowers are almost fluorescent in colour - and it's been a good growing year for this tree just like it seemed to be for the forsythia last summer. This photo was taken looking up into the branches, so don't exactly show the formation of the 'chains' of flowers that hang down - hence it's common name of Golden Chain.

Laburnum has gained itself a bit of a fearsome reputation on account of it containing the poisonous substance cytosine - which is similar to nicotine, but not nearly as toxic.

There are plenty of other very common garden plants which we should be equally wary of ingestion, such as foxgloves, common ivy and even the gorgeous delphiniums which all contain toxic substances.

I think the only reason laburnum has been singled out is because their seedpods could possibly be mistaken for the pods of garden peas.

The Laburnum in the garden has a good crop of flowers this year

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In the final minutes LR come within millimetres of finding the net. It had been as close as that!

Laburnum tree in my garden at home

My stash. Most of the Yew was from a friend and the Laburnum and 2 large pieces of Yew i got for €10.

Flat Cap Derby

this year i remembered to visit Kathy Brown's Garden early enough to catch the laburnum & wisteria arches

Laburnum tree in my garden at home

Fabaceae (pea, or legume family) » Cassia fistula L.

KASS-ee-uh -- from an ancient Greek name kasia used by Dioscorides ... Dave's Botanary

FIST-yoo-luh -- hollow (tube-like) ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: golden shower, Indian laburnum, purging cassia • Arabic: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar • Assamese: কৰ্ণিকাৰ kornikar, ৰাজবৃক্ষ rajobrkhyo, সোণাৰু shonaru • Bengali: বাঁদরলাঠি bandaralathi, সোনালী sonali, সোনালু sonalu • Gujarati: ગરમાળો garmalo • Hindi: अमलतास amaltas, सियार की लाठी siyar-ki lathi • Kannada: ಕಕ್ಕೆಮರ kakkemara, ಕೊಂದೆ konde • Konkani: बाळो balo • Malayalam: കണിക്കൊന്ന kanikkonna, കൊന്ന konna • Manipuri: চহুঈ chahui • Marathi: अमलताश amaltash, बहावा bahava • Mizo: ngai-ngaw • Nepali: अमल्तास् amaltas, राजवृक्ष rajbrichhya • Oriya: ସୁନାରି sunari • Pali: इंदीवर indivara • Persian: خيار چنبر khiyar-shanbar • Punjabi: ਅਲੀਸ alis, ਅੰਬਲਤਾਸ ambaltas • Sanskrit: आरग्वध aragvadha, कर्णिकार karnikara • Tamil: சரக்கொன்றை cara-k-konrai, இதழி itali • Telugu: కోలపొన్న kola ponna, రేల rela, శంపాకము shampakmu • Tibetan: don ga • Urdu: املتاس amaltas

Distribution: widely naturalized / cultivated in tropics; possible origin tropical Asia

References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • Dave's Garden • Wikipedia

Laburnum Street Hackney London

Flat Cap Derby

Laburnum Arch at Bodnant Gardens in North Wales

at Bodnant gardens

Chadderton ran out 3-0 winners at Atherton LR in the NWCFL 1st Division North.

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Laburnum.

Laburnum Arch in Royden Park Walled Garden, Frankby, Wirral

Laburnum Square (63,740 square feet)

4816 South Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA

This shopping center was built in 1978 and 1980.

Former tenants, locations unknown:

*A&N (opened in the 1980s)

*The Home Shop

*Piece Goods Shop

Laburnum tree in my garden at home

Laburnum at the Priory.

Taken for 52 Weeks of Pixs.

Week 16: Theme: Bokeh.

The laburnum arch at Newby Hall, North Yorkshire. Taken May 2009.

Laburnum

Laburnum tree in my garden at home

Pattern is Laburnum from Sensational Knitted Socks. Lorna's Laces in Somerset. For Sarah.

madeofflowers.com

Our Laburnum tree often flowers in cycles, one year lots of flowers the next much fewer. This is a quite year, but it still has a good crop of flowers.

The Laburnum Arch at Bodnant Gardens.

Unfortunately a cloudy evening. I will have to try and visit on a sunnier day. Although the advantage of a cloudy evening is being able to capture it without people.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodnant-garden/

This is the very impressive 55 foot Laburnum Arch at Bodnant Gardens.