The golden rain-tree is an excellent landscape tree for warm climates. It is not difficult to plant, prune, and display a rain-tree in the front yard.

The golden-rain tree has lightly textured, toothed foliage with the feel of fringe, and it wears its airy sprays of yellow flower panicles, well, like fringe.

Golden rain trees tend to have open, rangy, leaning habits and brittle wood which breaks during windstorms – strike 2. Prune them while young to establish good branch structure and a tidy shape.

The Golden Rain tree blooms in summer, so it is a good choice if you want a flowering tree for when the spring bloomers have ceased to be the focal points in a garden.

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Golden rain trees are quick-growing and may be nice for your site if you plan to control the seedlings. It is also home to red and black golden rain tree bugs that can be a nuisance but are not ...

The golden rain tree is a beautiful specimen tree, resistant to most insects and diseases. Many areas use it as a street tree now because of its resilience and ability to grow in a wide array of ...

The Golden rain tree seedlings can crowd out our native species. If you were to introduce one of these to your landscape, you should do so with caution and plan on controlling the seedlings.

Although they add wonderful color to the fall and winter garden palate of North Florida, the golden rain tree can spread and in many areas are considered invasive. They are non-native to Florida ...

Rain tree's showy, papery seed pods a fall highlight. By Kathy Huber, Garden Editor, Houston Chronicle Dec 1, 2014 The papery salmon-pink seed pods of the golden rain tree are highly decorative.

When should I prune my golden rain tree? Prune them in the winter while dormant and before new growth emerges. This is true of trees that bloom on new growth which include crape myrtles, sourwoods ...