Goldenrain tree or goldenchain tree

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) May 30, 2005

I know these are two different trees; what 's the difference?

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passiflora_pink Central, AL(Zone 8a) May 30, 2005

Lenjo, I have planted one of each. Goldenrain is a hardy tree that grows rapidly and has beautiful yellow flowers that turn into "chinese lantern" pods that look really cool. They grow even in alleys and waste areas of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Golden chain is shorter-lived, grows more slowly and is more susceptible in my experience to insects and fungus (at least in Alabama). I have several Goldenrain sent to me by the Arbor Day foundation in little bags as a "free gift" and I just stuck them in the ground and they are all growing! Also I grew a goldenrain from seed and in 1 year it was 3 feet tall. Definitely a more satisfying tree for me.

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) May 30, 2005

Sounds like a really nice tree, the goldenrain that is but I don't think it will work in the space that I want to put it. Maybe have to find some other place for one. I would love to have an arboreteum somehwere here on the farm. Do you have seeds, passiflora_pink?

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passiflora_pink Central, AL(Zone 8a) May 30, 2005

Yup, but they are a couple of years old. I'm sure some will sprout. Send me an email thru DG with your address and I will send some.

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Lenjo Mount Angel, OR(Zone 8a) May 31, 2005

Would love it, thanks, Joann

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