Laburnum is splendid this year. Following on a list of flowering trees and shrubs, such as cherries, magnolias and forsythia, laburnum has benefited from the sunny summer last year to make a record ...

One of the most exciting planting schemes was made world famous by the late Rosemary Verey at Barnsley House in Gloucestershire. She took a spectacular avenue of golden-yellow laburnum and underscored ...