Golden rain tree
A drought- and city-tolerant ornamental tree with large yellow panicles in early summer; it gives bees ample nectar in the gap after lime trees.
- Nectar
- Good
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 6-12 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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The golden rain tree, native to China and Korea, is an ornamental tree increasingly common in parks and along roads. Its small yellow flowers, red-spotted at the base, open in large upright panicles and are heavily visited by bees. The nectar is easily accessible in the open flower, and pollen is also collected.
Flowering
It flowers for about 2-3 weeks in June-July. In many areas this period falls in the summer gap after lime and black locust, which makes it especially important for bees.
Honey and pollen
Because it is planted sparsely, no monofloral honey is produced; its nectar ends up in urban and mixed summer honey. After flowering, inflated, lantern-shaped seed capsules form.
Note for the beekeeper
It tolerates drought, polluted air and calcareous soil, so it is one of the trees worth recommending to municipalities and for planting around the apiary. Because it can spread by self-seeding, it escapes into the wild in some warm regions; choose the planting site accordingly.