One or two well-placed, well chosen trees from this group, especially in a dull corner, can transform a garden by suffusing it with a different kind of light. However, as with purple foliage, resist the temptation to overdo it.

          Acer..............................cappadocium 'Aureum'   

          Acer..............................negundo 'Kelly's Gold'    

          Acer......................platanoides 'Princeton Gold'   

          Acer...........................pseudoplatanus 'Worleei'   

          Betula.........................pendula 'Golden Beauty'    

          Catalpa..............................bignonoides 'Aurea'     

          Corylus...................................avellana 'Aurea'      

          Fagus...............sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold' 'Zlatia'      

          Fraxinus...................excelsior 'Aurea Pendula'      

          Gleditsia.........................triacanthos 'Sunburst'

          Metasequoia............glyptostroboides 'Goldrush'

          Quercus.................................robur 'Concordia'

          Quercus.......................................rubra 'Aurea'

          Robinia............................pseudoacacia 'Frisia'

          Sorbus................................aucuparia 'Dirkenii'

          Taxus.......................baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea'

          Tilia...........................'Wratislaviensis' (Golden)

          Ulmus...................................glabra 'Lutescens'

          Ulmus.........................minor Dampieri 'Wredei'

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