Calpurnia aurea
Water Needs
moderate
Shrub large; Tree small
Natal laburnum
3 - 4 m
Size
Light Conditions
sun; semi-shade;
Frost
light
Flowers
yellow December to February; summer
Garden Situation
sun; semi-shade; container; wildlife carpenter bees butterflies; small area trees; narrow spaces;
Habitat
woodland forest; bushveld; coastal kzn; grassland
Region
thicket; highveld; subtropical east coast; bushveld savanna
Rain Season
summer
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Description
Drooping sprays of bright yellow flowers cover this small tree in a good year. The canopy is light and high up so provides only limited shade. Carpenter bees love the flowers. Some gardeners suggest the tree only lasts 5 or so years, but mine is 14 years old and still flowers profusely. Grows in forest, on forest margins and in clearings, on hillsides or the edge of wooded kloofs and in bushveld; Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga.