Especially the early flowering shrubs show a lavish yellow bloom. We present the most beautiful species for the home garden.
Laburnum bears beautiful yellow flowers
Garden trees with bright yellow flowers
There are only a few native yellow-flowering trees. The cornel is one of them, you can even use its fruit to make jam or a liqueur. Other plants, on the other hand, come from distant countries, but are often hardy here.
Common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides)
Growth form and height: small tree or shrub up to seven meters high
Leaves: deciduous
Flowering and flowering period: April to June, hanging in bunches
Common Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
Growth habit and height: Tree up to approx. 30 meters high
Leaves: deciduous, yellow in autumn
Flowering and flowering period: April to May, tulip-shaped
Common barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
Growth form and height: shrub up to three meters high, with thorns
Leaves: deciduous
Flowering and flowering period: May to June
There are many different types and varieties that also have yellow flowers, such as Juliane's barberry or box-leaved barberry. Sometimes the shrub is also offered as a half or high standard.
Japanese Flower Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Growth form and height: Small tree or shrub up to ten meters high
Leaves: deciduous
Flowers and flowering period: May to July, showy bracts
Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
Growth form and height: small tree or shrub up to approx. eight meters high
Leaves: deciduous
Flowering and flowering period: February to April, important bee pasture
witch hazel (witch hazel)
Growth form and height: depending on the species, small tree or shrub
Leaves: deciduous
Flowering and flowering period: winter flowering, between December and February, depending on the species
The Japanese witch hazel (Hamamelis japonica), the Chinese witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis) and various hybrid varieties (Hamamelis x intermedia) are planted as ornamental trees in the garden. The autumn flowering Virginia witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana) is rather rare.
Japanese cord tree (Sophora japonica)
Growth form and height: Tree up to 30 meters high
Leaves: deciduous, bright yellow in autumn
Flowers and flowering period: August to September, panicles of flowers up to 30 centimeters long
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White and pink flowering shrubs, which often only show their splendor later, provide variety in the garden.