Koelreuteria paniculata

Are you looking for a magnificent focal point that offers interest from high summer right through into autumn? Meet the Koelreuteria paniculata, or Golden Rain Tree, celebrated for its striking yellow summer flowers and reliable ornamental features.

This tree develops a broadly spreading shape with a rounded, airy crown, forming an elegant, umbrella-shaped canopy that provides dappled shade; its seasonal display includes bright yellow blooms in July and August, followed by conspicuous, bladder-like seed pods that turn shades of bronze, pink, green, and tan, complemented by superb autumn color ranging from yellow to copper brown.

For the best performance in your UK garden, position this specimen where it receives full sun, as this ensures the most vibrant flower and fruit display; it is wonderfully adaptable, tolerating drought and city conditions, and thrives in most well-drained or moist but well-drained soils of any pH, making it an ideal solitary statement tree or specimen for a wildlife garden.