When the laburnum blooms - it depends on the variety
When you can look forward to the magnificent, fragrant gold rush of your Laburnum, is a question of the variety. There are several species that do not all bloom at the same time. Commonly found species in gardens include:
- Gold rain (Laburnum watereri)
- Common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) and
- Alpine laburnum (Laburnum alpinum)
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The species most frequently represented in gardens and parks because it is also the most splendidly blooming species is Laburnum watereri, the noble laburnum. It is a hybrid of two wild species, the common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) and the alpine laburnum (Laburnum alpinum).
The flowering phases
Noble laburnum
The flowering of the precious golden rain is not only the most exuberant and most splendid of the three presented species, it is also one of the earliest. Depending on how warm there is in spring, the golden rain can develop its first golden yellow butterfly blossoms as early as mid-April. In cooler years you have to be patient until the beginning or middle of May. Depending on the warmth, it keeps them until mid or late June.
Common laburnum
The common laburnum also presents its flowers, especially in more southern parts of the country, from mid-April. However, its flowering phase is usually not as long-lasting as that of the precious golden rain, it is on average at the end of May or the beginning of June.
Alpine laburnum
The alpine laburnum is somewhat more hesitant due to its mountainous, cool origin and only blooms about two weeks later than the other two varieties. As a rule, you can expect the first flowers here from the beginning of May. They last until the end of June.
