{"id":13607,"date":"2022-06-01T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13607"},"modified":"2022-05-25T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T22:09:47","slug":"summer-blooming-%ef%bb%bfgolden-raintree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2022\/06\/01\/summer-blooming-%ef%bb%bfgolden-raintree\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Blooming \ufeffGolden Raintree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata5-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata5-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata5-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata5-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Golden raintree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden raintree (<em>Koelreuteria paniculata<\/em>)is a medium sized deciduous tree that grows 30 to 45 feet tall and 25-35 feet wide, a horizontally branched tree Zones 5-9). This tree has a medium to fast growth rate, blooms at an early age with upright twigs with yellow flowers, a rare color among flowering trees whenever the time of year. The bright star-like flowers sparkle for almost two-weeks long in early July (Tennessee\/Virginia). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tightly closed papery fruits are highly decorative and often included in dried floral arrangements.  Its papery lantern-like fruits contain viable seeds that dehisce (explode) from the husks in late autumn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden raintree tolerates a range of soil types but prefers moist, well-drained soil that is neutral to slightly alkaline.&nbsp;Raintree transplants easy and prefers full sun. The wide&nbsp;spreading&nbsp;branched tree is commonly planted in lawns and patios or as park, shade or street trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata-3-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata-3-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Koelreuteria-paniculata-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lantern-like Pods in Autumn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Identification features:<\/strong> Leaves are pinnate or bipinnate, feathery, compound leaves (to 18&#8243; long), each leaf having 7-17 irregularly deeply 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&#8243; wide) appear in early summer in long, terminal, panicles (12-15&#8243;). Falling blossoms from several raintrees may lay down an attractive golden carpet around the trees. Stems also have prominent, shield-shaped leaf scars.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This great summer flowering tree tolerates summer heat and drought as well as urban air pollution. It is mildly resistant to deer injury and is pest and disease free. &nbsp;Sometimes suffers from coral spot fungus, root rot,&nbsp;and cankers.&nbsp;Branches are rated as brittle wood and may be damaged in seasonal storms. Golden raintree reseeds easily and can become weedy; listed as an invasive species in some states. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cultivars:<\/strong> &#8216;Fastigiata&#8217; has a narrow upright habit, 30 feet tall and 6 feet wide framework. &#8216;September&#8217; blooms later in August-September and is not rated as cold hardy as species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden raintree (Koelreuteria paniculata)is a medium sized deciduous tree that grows 30 to 45 feet tall and 25-35 feet wide, a horizontally branched tree Zones 5-9). This tree has a medium to fast growth rate, blooms at an early age with upright twigs with yellow flowers, a rare color among flowering trees whenever the time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,1498,778,674,806,665,1324,1138,695,720,853,866,551,1571,843,1059,601,729,1445,777,630,1002,706,646,7,113,1454,1222,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13607"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13671,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13607\/revisions\/13671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}