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20-05-2007, 06:01 AM
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| | | ID Please
I found this over the nature reserve yesterday i guess its a shrub/small tree but its so attractive i think i would like one myself if i knew what it was...any ideas..Thank you in advance.. 
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20-05-2007, 06:09 AM
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Laburnum?
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20-05-2007, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by buzfuz8149  Laburnum? | Yes. I'd say Laburnum. The seeds are very poisonous.I'm sure they're not a native tree.Very pretty all the same and lots of folk have them in the garden. 
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20-05-2007, 08:50 AM
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Yes, definitely laburnum. The seeds are not only poisonous but germinate very prolifically, so if you do get one you will have lots of little trees before you know it. |
20-05-2007, 02:06 PM
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Thanks everyone its a lovely tree cant understand why i never noticed it before..  definately one on my must have list !!!
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22-05-2007, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by smartie Yes, definitely laburnum. The seeds are not only poisonous but germinate very prolifically, so if you do get one you will have lots of little trees before you know it. | I thought that everything on the laburnum was poisonous?
Abroad so poor internet access and can't google.
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22-05-2007, 01:35 PM
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There is a 30's themed garden at Chelsea this year and a Laburnum is the centre piece, appearently nearly all gardens in the 30's had a laburnum
I remember my parents getting rid of theirs when me and my sister were small, a 30's built house they live in |
22-05-2007, 01:42 PM
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As far as I can remember, Laburnum is native to southern europe, and was introduced to this country - and yes, all parts of it are poisonous, fatally so if eaten in enough quantity .... |
25-05-2007, 09:57 PM
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| | | Laburnam - more info
It is native to Central and Southern Europe. Scots Laburnum is native to the Alps and the mountain of Italy and the Balkans down to Albania. Laburnum has naturalised itself in various localised places in Britain.
If it wasn't for the beguiling charm of its spectacular flower displays (Flowers open from mid May to early June), Laburnum might have been rooted out as a danger to the public, because all its parts are poisonous, in particular its seeds. Yet these seeds look very attractive. I remember gathering the seedpods as a child and playing Greengrocer's with them, "selling them as peapods" to my best friend Reggie next door. You'll find notes on Laburnum poisoning lower down on this page.
One other noteworthy peculiarity about the Laburnum is that the female flowers can not be fertilised by the male pollen, unless they get punctured by insects first. Another one of Nature's chastity belts designed to encourage exchange of chromosomes between individuals. LaburnumC |
25-05-2007, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by wildflower its a lovely tree cant understand why i never noticed it before.. definately one on my must have list !!! | Strange you should say that because I too have been noticing these trees in everyone's garden over the past week or so while I have been travelling to work and back and I have been thinking the same as you... will have to put it on my list
They seem to really stand out don't they?
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