Laburnum Watereri GOLDEN RAIN TREE (15 seeds)

Golden rain tree or Laburnum watereri is native to Central and Southern Europe.
This tree is native to the Alps and the mountain of Italy and the Balkans down to Albania.
It has naturalised itself in various localised places in Britain.

Before we had a huge range of woodstains, the heart-wood of this plant was often used as an Ebony substitute since it is very hard and a dark chocolate brown.
The sapwood is butter-yellow.

Golden rain tree plant is very toxic: especially fruit ingestion which can be fatal.
It contains alkaloids, the action of which is similar to that of nicotine contained in tobacco.
In Germany, this leaves were consumed as tobacco.

It is a melliferous plant.

Sowing Golden rain tree seeds:
Start by soaking your seeds in lukewarm water for 3 to 4 hours and then sow your seeds in a box of fine compost under 0.5cm of depth.
Water gently with a hand sprayer.
Place your Golden rain tree culture in a greenhouse until your seedlings are 15-25 cm tall.
The seedling usually grow 3 to 4 weeks.