That is a GLORIOUS tree ...please pick up any seed pods since they are extremely poisonous...and in some countries(UK) it is illegal to have a "personal" tree . ..it is only found in an arboretum / botanical garden with a fence around the tree. The seed pods are collected daily prior to the opening of the public access facility
When I still lived in Brazil my neighbors (a lovely German older couple) planted almost a dozen of those trees and made an archway for his house and it was really pretty. They are called golden rain trees in portuguese
That's what I'd love to do, plant several along a walkway, have seen pictures of it and it makes a lovely golden archway - just beautiful. And they grow quickly too.
Important / life saving QUESTION : please, if that's alright... Can you handle / make things out of a Golden rain tree without getting poisonous effects ? Mine is huge & fail over dead & I want to use the wood, ANY ADVICE please help, ? I ask for serious protective reasons to understand any chance I can make use of it or will I risk getting poisoned from it's sap ????? I was told it's harmful to use & not to mess with it from rumors told, so I dunno anything about it ! Can somebody please help me understand better if this is true ??? Btw Thank you to anyone willing to answer in advance for there knowledge of the risk heal wise.... Couldn't find a thing head's from tales on this.... Thank you in advance also for reading this all, & to the maker of the video, thank you for uploading it"... Very kind of you. Respectfully, / Sincerely. Signed : Pauly~
Paul - Wade - Hampton, thanks for watching and writing! As you suspect, the bark, leaves, roots, seed pods, etc., are all poisonous. Here's a posting I found online: All parts of the tree are poisonous: roots, bark, wood, leaves, flower-buds, petals, and seedpods. The harmful part of the plant is the seedpods. In many cases of ingestion of a small number of seeds, there are no symptoms. Laburnum anagyroides (Common Laburnum, Golden Chain ...plants.ces.ncsu.edu › plants › laburnum-anagyroides. Having said that, I also found a wood library that shows Liburnum (Golden Chain), used for woodworking: What is laburnum wood used for? Common Uses: Turned objects, musical instruments (woodwinds), furniture, veneer, fence posts, archery bows, carving, and small specialty wood objects. Comments: Laburnum is widely planted as an ornamental tree throughout Europe. Laburnum | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification ...www.wood-database.com › laburnum So, bottom line? You'll have to make the choice whether to use the wood or not! Best Regards, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Thank you so much, so if I understand correctly, the golden rain tree is not harmful to touch but is to use for any consumptions like seed pods, so I'd be well / okay to use it for making a bench to sit on ECT ? If I understand correctly, & btw thank you so very much Sincerely for helping me to understand & learn all I can about this, it is saving me alot of time & efforts, & hopefully anyone else seeing this will have there answer's to of what I've asked, so in this at least I'm happy to know for safety reasons, unless I understand correctly, if I do, wait a second, the wood its self is harmful / poisonous correct ??? If so, thank you sincerely for the education, I indefinitely do not want to be harmed, so I will use GLOVES to handle the wood than ? A smart idea or is it safe to handle ? Just so I understand correctly.... Thank you in advance sincerely, btw you have a new subscriber, thank you friend in advance for answering this... Respectfully / Sincerely. Signed : Pauly~
Oh my gosh! I was 8 1/2 and my brother was 7, and we and several neighbor children had to make an unexpected trip to the ER after we ate several of the pods. They were very pretty, and I don't remember them being distasteful, and we, being inquisitive children, just had to try the golden beans! Yes, it is poisonous. 😱 Warn your neighbors.
Some Buddy, thanks for sharing your experience and validating the fact that there is a risk with these trees and one needs to make an informed decision on whether or not to have them in your yardscape. Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Our parents took us and some of the bean pods to the ER, and the Doctors recognized it. We were given syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting. It didn't help my brother, though, and they had to pump his stomach. By then he had gotten quite lethargic, so it would have been dangerous to further induce vomiting. The other children were all in different rooms with their parents, and four of the chidren had to stay in hospital that night for observation. I believe it was a total of seven of us that hadden eaten it. The tree was in the yard of a neighbor's of one of the children, and hung down over their fence line. I don't remember it being a very large tree, either. It's branches draped down in what I would call a "weeping willow" growth formation. After being told of this poisoning, the owners cut the tree down. None of our parents held them responsible.
Rose of Sharon, also called shrub althaea, (Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca), shrub or small tree, in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Asia but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers.
Thanks for watching and for the tip. Happily our 16 grandkids are now school age to college age so they are not likely to put anything from our landscape in their mouths. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie.
Thanks Jay: we are in MA and every year in August our two trees lose their leaves only for these to reappear a few months later. Flowers are great but for years lichens have established on the bark. As MA has been going through droughts in recent years I figured I would use watering bags filling them once a week; they take about a day to drain. Your comment and the lichen suggest to me this may not be a good idea but on the other hand I have the impression that the loss of leaves has resulted in stinted growth as the trees are only 10-12 feet high after 10 years or so.
It's a bit of a finicky tree. It doesn't like wet or acidic soil (below 7.0), they prefer slightly alkaline soil, doesn't like full sun as much as part shade. How does all this fit with your setting? DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay My goal for now was to get the trees through August without them losing their leaves. So I put the watering bags on a month ago. If this works this year I may start watering bags later next year to reduce wet soil, and only use them when it presumably really matters. The trees are close to the house so that creates the part shade. They are to the north of the house so that is not ideal, but we are in suburbia with the neighbors house 20 yards away breaking the winds most of the time. I do not know the pH of the soil but it is very rocky soil, there is no clay and I occasionally provide compost/manure. What may play a factor is their location close to the street. There is not a lot of traffic but I now wonder whether salts in the winter could contribute. But I also wonder what, if anything, the presence of lichens indicates? I always thought lichens indicated clean air, moist and shade, so a healthy environment but I have seen opinions from others that express concern when lichens are present.
Okay, just measured the pH using pH paper and I think it is between 6.5-7. I took the sample between one of the trees and a well blossoming lilac 1-2 yards away which I believe needs alkaline soil as well. Finally, I do mulch the area every couple of years. Do you think I have to add lime to the soil and, if so, how much and how often?
Marie Mccoubrey - great to hear from you there in Belfast! We hope to visit your beautiful country someday! As for the Golden Chain Tree, they can be relatively close to the house, depending on how much room you have. They have a somewhat vertical growth habit, but need some room to spread out. How much room to you have to place them? Is the place you are interested in planting them a narrow space or more open? Let us hear from you! Best Regards, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay belfast is beautiful. I am still not sure if I what to plant it cant make my mind up I would love to send you a photo of my garden and see what do you think or can you recommend me a show stoper tree for my garden. Thank you for replying to my text. X
Sherly, Boston is USDA Hardiness Zone 7b, which the tree can grow in, but its a bit cool. If it Is a protected site without a lot of direct wind and some winter sun exposure, it will likely work for you. Best, DFJ
Thanks for watching and commenting Meera Mohan. This Golden Chain Tree is in our front yard. We live in the Mountain West of the USA and get lots of snow in the Winter. We've never covered it. You should be fine. Best, DFJ
Robin, it MAY grow where you are, in your specific setting, as zones are "averages" for an area, and each setting is actually a microclimate. If there is shade that will keep the tree from being out of the AZ sun day in and out, you will have a better chance of it flourishing. Laburnum (Golden Chain) trees do best in zones 5 to 7. Does that help? Best, DFJ
Hi L Chris. Thanks for watching and writing. The Golden Chain doesn't take more water than most trees. Of course it's important to give it plenty when it's first planted and sending out roots. It's blossoms are amazing. Best to you. DirtFarmer Maggie
That is a GLORIOUS tree ...please pick up any seed pods since they are extremely poisonous...and in some countries(UK) it is illegal to have a "personal" tree . ..it is only found in an arboretum / botanical garden with a fence around the tree. The seed pods are collected daily prior to the opening of the public access facility
Rhona, thanks for these insights and sharing this with our viewing family! Best, DFJ
flower looks good but poisonous plants - right?
Indeed, Space Intel. Ornamental only. The plant is toxic. Best, DFJ
When I still lived in Brazil my neighbors (a lovely German older couple) planted almost a dozen of those trees and made an archway for his house and it was really pretty.
They are called golden rain trees in portuguese
That's what I'd love to do, plant several along a walkway, have seen pictures of it and it makes a lovely golden archway - just beautiful. And they grow quickly too.
@@Carrie-i8r Do it! It looks fantastic.
Important / life saving QUESTION : please, if that's alright... Can you handle / make things out of a Golden rain tree without getting poisonous effects ? Mine is huge & fail over dead & I want to use the wood, ANY ADVICE please help, ? I ask for serious protective reasons to understand any chance I can make use of it or will I risk getting poisoned from it's sap ????? I was told it's harmful to use & not to mess with it from rumors told, so I dunno anything about it ! Can somebody please help me understand better if this is true ??? Btw Thank you to anyone willing to answer in advance for there knowledge of the risk heal wise.... Couldn't find a thing head's from tales on this.... Thank you in advance also for reading this all, & to the maker of the video, thank you for uploading it"... Very kind of you.
Respectfully, / Sincerely.
Signed :
Pauly~
Paul - Wade - Hampton, thanks for watching and writing! As you suspect, the bark, leaves, roots, seed pods, etc., are all poisonous. Here's a posting I found online:
All parts of the tree are poisonous: roots, bark, wood, leaves, flower-buds, petals, and seedpods. The harmful part of the plant is the seedpods. In many cases of ingestion of a small number of seeds, there are no symptoms.
Laburnum anagyroides (Common Laburnum, Golden Chain ...plants.ces.ncsu.edu › plants › laburnum-anagyroides.
Having said that, I also found a wood library that shows Liburnum (Golden Chain), used for woodworking:
What is laburnum wood used for?
Common Uses: Turned objects, musical instruments (woodwinds), furniture, veneer, fence posts, archery bows, carving, and small specialty wood objects. Comments: Laburnum is widely planted as an ornamental tree throughout Europe.
Laburnum | The Wood Database - Lumber Identification ...www.wood-database.com › laburnum
So, bottom line? You'll have to make the choice whether to use the wood or not! Best Regards, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Thank you so much, so if I understand correctly, the golden rain tree is not harmful to touch but is to use for any consumptions like seed pods, so I'd be well / okay to use it for making a bench to sit on ECT ? If I understand correctly, & btw thank you so very much Sincerely for helping me to understand & learn all I can about this, it is saving me alot of time & efforts, & hopefully anyone else seeing this will have there answer's to of what I've asked, so in this at least I'm happy to know for safety reasons, unless I understand correctly, if I do, wait a second, the wood its self is harmful / poisonous correct ??? If so, thank you sincerely for the education, I indefinitely do not want to be harmed, so I will use GLOVES to handle the wood than ? A smart idea or is it safe to handle ? Just so I understand correctly.... Thank you in advance sincerely, btw you have a new subscriber, thank you friend in advance for answering this...
Respectfully / Sincerely.
Signed :
Pauly~
I live in UK, it's not illigal to grow and there are lots of trees around my neighborhood.
Oh my gosh! I was 8 1/2 and my brother was 7, and we and several neighbor children had to make an unexpected trip to the ER after we ate several of the pods. They were very pretty, and I don't remember them being distasteful, and we, being inquisitive children, just had to try the golden beans! Yes, it is poisonous. 😱 Warn your neighbors.
Some Buddy, thanks for sharing your experience and validating the fact that there is a risk with these trees and one needs to make an informed decision on whether or not to have them in your yardscape. Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay Our parents took us and some of the bean pods to the ER, and the Doctors recognized it. We were given syrup of ipecac to induce vomiting. It didn't help my brother, though, and they had to pump his stomach. By then he had gotten quite lethargic, so it would have been dangerous to further induce vomiting. The other children were all in different rooms with their parents, and four of the chidren had to stay in hospital that night for observation. I believe it was a total of seven of us that hadden eaten it. The tree was in the yard of a neighbor's of one of the children, and hung down over their fence line. I don't remember it being a very large tree, either. It's branches draped down in what I would call a "weeping willow" growth formation. After being told of this poisoning, the owners cut the tree down. None of our parents held them responsible.
Rose of Sharon, also called shrub althaea, (Hibiscus syriacus, or Althaea syriaca), shrub or small tree, in the hibiscus, or mallow, family (Malvaceae), native to eastern Asia but widely planted as an ornamental for its showy flowers.
I have a weeping variety.
Hai like105 nice and success my friend
hey Jay could you make a update on this tree, its been over a year, i'd like to see it now please and thanks!
Good timing. It's just blooming now. Please contact me at Jay@dirtfarmerjay.com and I'll send you a picture of it.
Hey Jay and Maggie love the new header at the start of your videos!
Us too! Our Team really knocked it out of the park. Thanks for letting us know!
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They are poisonous, so deer and rabbits leave them alone. Do not let children put any part of the tree in their mouth.
Thanks for watching and for the tip. Happily our 16 grandkids are now school age to college age so they are not likely to put anything from our landscape in their mouths. Best, Dirt Farmer Maggie.
I am from India I like it 😁
I love your content dude!
I appreciate that! Thanks for writing! Best, DFJ
Thanks Jay: we are in MA and every year in August our two trees lose their leaves only for these to reappear a few months later. Flowers are great but for years lichens have established on the bark. As MA has been going through droughts in recent years I figured I would use watering bags filling them once a week; they take about a day to drain. Your comment and the lichen suggest to me this may not be a good idea but on the other hand I have the impression that the loss of leaves has resulted in stinted growth as the trees are only 10-12 feet high after 10 years or so.
It's a bit of a finicky tree. It doesn't like wet or acidic soil (below 7.0), they prefer slightly alkaline soil, doesn't like full sun as much as part shade. How does all this fit with your setting? DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay My goal for now was to get the trees through August without them losing their leaves. So I put the watering bags on a month ago. If this works this year I may start watering bags later next year to reduce wet soil, and only use them when it presumably really matters.
The trees are close to the house so that creates the part shade. They are to the north of the house so that is not ideal, but we are in suburbia with the neighbors house 20 yards away breaking the winds most of the time. I do not know the pH of the soil but it is very rocky soil, there is no clay and I occasionally provide compost/manure.
What may play a factor is their location close to the street. There is not a lot of traffic but I now wonder whether salts in the winter could contribute. But I also wonder what, if anything, the presence of lichens indicates? I always thought lichens indicated clean air, moist and shade, so a healthy environment but I have seen opinions from others that express concern when lichens are present.
Okay, just measured the pH using pH paper and I think it is between 6.5-7. I took the sample between one of the trees and a well blossoming lilac 1-2 yards away which I believe needs alkaline soil as well. Finally, I do mulch the area every couple of years. Do you think I have to add lime to the soil and, if so, how much and how often?
I got this tree for my front garden live in belfast can you plants it near the house.
Marie Mccoubrey - great to hear from you there in Belfast! We hope to visit your beautiful country someday! As for the Golden Chain Tree, they can be relatively close to the house, depending on how much room you have. They have a somewhat vertical growth habit, but need some room to spread out. How much room to you have to place them? Is the place you are interested in planting them a narrow space or more open? Let us hear from you! Best Regards, DFJ
@@DirtFarmerJay belfast is beautiful. I am still not sure if I what to plant it cant make my mind up I would love to send you a photo of my garden and see what do you think or can you recommend me a show stoper tree for my garden. Thank you for replying to my text. X
Hola , como estas espero muy bien. Hermosa acacia yo vivo en Argentina y acá no hay esa variedad solo bla c y morada , es hermosa esta a.arilla.
Gorgeous tree! Thanks for sharing!Greetings from a new friend.💓❤💕💖💟💞💝💜💚
Thanks for visiting! Best, DFJ and DFM
Does it grow in Boston?. Please let me know.thanks
Sherly, Boston is USDA Hardiness Zone 7b, which the tree can grow in, but its a bit cool. If it Is a protected site without a lot of direct wind and some winter sun exposure, it will likely work for you. Best, DFJ
Do I need to cover this tree in the winter? I am from New York
Thanks for watching and commenting Meera Mohan. This Golden Chain Tree is in our front yard. We live in the Mountain West of the USA and get lots of snow in the Winter. We've never covered it. You should be fine. Best, DFJ
Would it grow in zone 9b Arizona?
Robin, it MAY grow where you are, in your specific setting, as zones are "averages" for an area, and each setting is actually a microclimate. If there is shade that will keep the tree from being out of the AZ sun day in and out, you will have a better chance of it flourishing. Laburnum (Golden Chain) trees do best in zones 5 to 7. Does that help? Best, DFJ
Does this tree need a lot of water?
Hi L Chris. Thanks for watching and writing. The Golden Chain doesn't take more water than most trees. Of course it's important to give it plenty when it's first planted and sending out roots. It's blossoms are amazing. Best to you. DirtFarmer Maggie
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