Well, I thought it must be white laburnum, but I’ve had a look around the web, and find that it’s probably a black locust tree, which is also known as false acacia.
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I thought my tree was an acacia but somehow had got the wrong colour green leaves but today i spotted white blossoms and given the time of year it occurred to me it was like a cross between acacia and a while laburnum if there is such a thing so looked up the net and found this…good to know i’m not alone!
P.S. In England
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Thanks for stopping by. Quite a lot of people seem to land on this post, but they don’t say whether it was what they were looking for, so your comment is much appreciated.
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Thanks, exactly what I was looking for though it may be called Sophora Japonica aka Japanese Pagoda and Chinese Scholar tree? There’s also a purple flower variety!
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A quick scan of the wikipedia page tells me that Sophora Japonica flowers in Europe in late summer, while this was in flower in Spain in early spring, so I think they may be different, though the flowers do look the same.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
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Thank you for the information, I thought I had never seen a a white laburnum, it smelt really beautiful.
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Thanks for dropping by, Vivien. I’m afraid I don’t remember if the blossoms were perfumed – it’s ten years since I wrote that post!!
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