Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

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Plant Habit:	Tree
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 9b
Plant Height:	30 - 40 feet
Plant Spread:	35 feet
Leaves:	Good fall color Deciduous
Fruit:	Showy
Fruiting Time:	Late summer or early fall Fall
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Yellow
Flower Time:	Summer
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Uses:	Provides winter interest Shade Tree Flowering Tree Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Birds Butterflies
Pollinators:	Bees
Containers:	Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil

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$Location: Denver Metro CO Date: 2012-09-29 You can see the seeds inside the \"lanterns\"$

$Location: Denver Metro CO Date: 2012-09-29 the \"lanterns\" as they're dried out.$

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Posted by Skiekitty (Denver Metro - Zone 5a) on Apr 14, 2014 11:05 AM concerning plant:

Tolerates zone 5 winter w/no protection, and pretty generous with blooms for a little young tree. Blooms have no scent as far as I can tell, but they do attract bees. Seed pods are so adorable! Does not seem to suffer from sun scalding in the winter, either. Blooms mid-summer, which is a nice as most trees bloom spring/early summer.

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Posted by Sharon (Calvert City, KY - Zone 7a) on Oct 2, 2011 3:54 PM concerning plant:

This is a young tree, started from seed in '06. It's a bit of a slow grower here in zone 7, but this year it reached a height of about 10 feet, bloomed and also produced the golden seed pods that give it its name. It's a gorgeous little tree, and though the pods stayed lime green until mid September, they are now a rich coppery red color and still clinging to the tree this first weekend of October.

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Koelreuteria Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)