Golden Rain Tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)

General Plant Information (Edit)
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

Common names

Golden Rain Tree
Panicled Goldenraintree
Goldenrain Tree
Pride of India
China Tree
Varnish Tree

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Uploaded by hlutzow

Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2022-10-17

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Uploaded by sedumzz

Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Summer 2011
Blooms just appearing

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Location: Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-08-09

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Date: c. 1800-05
illustration by P. J. Redouté from Duhamel's 'Traité des arbres

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Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Late summer 2011
Young seed pods on Golden Rain Tree

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
Date: May 17, 2024
Golden Raintree #93 nn; LHB page 641, 116-5-1, "After Joseph G.

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Location: Pinehurst, NC (Sandhills Horticultural Garden)
Date: August 17, 2022
Golden Raintree #93 nn; LHB page 641, 116-5-1, "After Joseph G.

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Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Pinehurst, NC
Date: July 2, 2024
Golden Raintree, Koelreuteria paniculata # 93 nn; LHB p. 641, 11

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Location: Willow Valley Communities, Lakes Campus, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Date: 2024-09-08

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Location: Barnes Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Date: 11/2021

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Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-10
A characteristic leaf, both pinnate and bipinnate. The outer lea

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Uploaded by Patty

Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 2011-10-02
Dried seed pods, Golden Raintree

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Uploaded by hlutzow

Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2007-10-11
2:48 pm. Koelreuteria Lanterns above the Saskatoon tree.

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-03-09

Uploaded by janinilulu

Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2016-05-07

Uploaded by treehugger

Location: Western Kentucky
Date: 2012-05-03
Spring leaves

Uploaded by Sharon

Location: all photos from my garden
Date: 2014-07-20

Uploaded by poisondartfrog

Location: Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-26
Golden Rain Tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, in fall colors. Native

Uploaded by arctangent

Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
credit: Athenchen

Uploaded by robertduval14

Location: Sandhills Horticultural Gardens Southern Pines, NC
Date: May 17, 2024
Golden Raintree, Koelreuteria paniculata # 93 nn; LHB p. 641, 11

Uploaded by WebTucker

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

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Uploaded by MaryDurtschi

Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-08-08
Decked out with developing seedpods in early August

Uploaded by plantrob

Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-06-18
Green seed pods.

Uploaded by keyi

Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-05-21
top of tree with bright yellow blooms

Uploaded by keyi

Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-05-02
New leaves. This is 1st year tree for me (planted autumn 2011).

Uploaded by Skiekitty

Location: Southern Pines, NC (Sandhills Horticultural Garden)
Date: August 17, 2022
Golden Raintree #93 nn; LHB page 641, 116-5-1, "After Joseph G.

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Uploaded by WebTucker

Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2024-10-25

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Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2024-10-26

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

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Location: Yukon, Oklahoma
Date: 2012-05-22
leaves on slender branch

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Comments:

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)

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