On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 15:56:34 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

In message , Nick Maclaren
writes

In article ,
Jonathon writes:
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| Is there such a thing as a small version of the Laburnum tree?
| Perhaps one on a dwarfingl root-stock ?
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| I have a vacant relatively small site available.

You should have gathered from the lack of a response that nobody
seems to know of one.

The other ways of keeping shrubs small are to constrict their roots
or to prune them hard and regularly; I have no idea how well either
would would with laburnum, and I suspect that other people don't,
either.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

+Laburnocytisus adamii is a graft hybrid of laburnum and broom, so at
least they are graft compatible. However broom doesn't strike me as
being a good choice of scion.

I'd guess that laburnum arches do require fairly extensive pruning.

Plantfinder lists a Laburnum anagyroides 'Aureum' (other sites have
Laburnum x watereri 'Aureum') and a Laburnum x watereri 'Vossii Gold
Leaf'. There is also a Laburnum x watereri 'Sunspire'. Yellow foliaged
plants are often less vigorous than the type. Unfortunately that may
extend to being less floriferous.

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Many thanks. Now I have something upon
which to work.

Jon.