Golden Raintree Tree

The Facts

Height: 30′ – 40′
Spread: 30′ – 40′
Sun: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Dry to Medium
Soil: Well-Drained
Growth Rate: Fast

Golden raintree is a small, open-branching, irregularly-shaped, deciduous tree with a rounded crown. Features pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves (to 18” long), each leaf having 7-17 irregularly lobed leaflets. Leaves emerge pinkish bronze to purplish in spring, mature to a bright green in summer and turn yellow (quality variable) in fall. Bright yellow flowers (1/2” wide) appear in early summer in long, terminal, panicles (12-15”). Falling blossoms may or may not resemble “golden rain”, but the fallen blossoms often form an attractive golden carpet under the tree. Flowers give way to interesting, brown, papery seed capsules which somewhat resemble Chinese lanterns.