This plant is usually (if not always) grafted onto Laburnum rootstock and should therefore be treated as such.
Leaves are ...Read Morejust the trilobate Laburnum-leaf style.
The odd mix of Gold, Pink, and intermediate flowers makes it either extremely appealing or too bizarre for the average viewer. The Laburnum tissue tends to be the strongest and can dominate a branch, which should be removed in favor of the wild chimeral branches.
The orignial chimera occured under the grafting knife of the French Jean Louis Adam (after which the plant is named) in 1825.
This is a graft hybrid between Laburnum anagyroides and Cytisus purpureus. The flowers appear as three types on the same plant - yellow l...Read Moreaburnum flowers, purplish cytisus flowers and yellow and lilac/pink laburnum-like flowers.
It is very hardy and easy going, thriving in anything but water-logged conditions.
This plant is usually (if not always) grafted onto Laburnum rootstock and should therefore be treated as such.
Leaves are ...Read More
This is a graft hybrid between Laburnum anagyroides and Cytisus purpureus. The flowers appear as three types on the same plant - yellow l...Read More