Flowering TreesGoldenrain Tree
Koelreuteria paniculata
Goldenrain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) is a fast-growing flowering tree, hardy in USDA zones 5-9, that matures to about 30-40 ft × 30-40 ft. It does best in full sun with low water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-dry soil. Expect yellow blooms in summer. It attracts bees and pollinators, stands up well to deer, drought and heat, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 5-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Low
- Mature size
- 30-40 ft × 30-40 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-dry, Very-dry
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Attracts
- Bees, Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer, Drought, Heat, Pollution, Wind
- Native to
- Northern China, Korea, Japan
In the landscape
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