Laburnum is splendid this year. Following on a list of flowering trees and shrubs, such as cherries, magnolias and forsythia, laburnum has benefited from the sunny summer last year to make a record ...

Bright yellow flowers dangling from arching branches, laburnum is a very popular tree and widely planted. Sometimes it is self-sown and it is not at all unusual to see seedlings sprouting up close to ...