This is probably why laburnum is loved the most: for its rich yellow, intensely fragrant and decorative grape blossoms. In the following article you can read when the ornamental shrub unfolds its golden splendor and delights you with its curtain of flowers.
The alpine laburnum blooms from May
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 flower at the same time. Species commonly represented in gardens include:
- Noble laburnum (Laburnum watereri)
- Common Laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) and
- Alpine Laburnum (Laburnum alpinum)
The species most commonly found in gardens and parks, because it also blooms the most splendidly, is the Laburnum watereri, the precious laburnum. It is a hybrid of two wild species, common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) and alpine laburnum (Laburnum alpinum).
The flowering phases
precious laburnum
The flowering of the noble laburnum is not only the most luxuriant and magnificent of the three species presented, it is also one of the earliest. Depending on how warm it is in spring, the precious laburnum can develop its first golden 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 the middle or end of June.
Mean shower of gold
The common laburnum also presents its flowers, especially in southern parts of the country, as early as mid-April. However, its flowering phase is usually not quite as persistent as that of the noble laburnum, on average it is at the end of May or beginning of June.
Alpine Laburnum
Due to its mountainous, cool origin, the alpine laburnum is a little more hesitant and only flowers 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 about the end of June.