Landscape Plants

Some 80 species of deciduous shrubs and small trees.  Leaves are alternate, often clustered, compound (pinnate), with 2-18 small, entire leaflets.  Pea-like flowers are often lemon yellow, but may be white or pinkish.  Fruit are slender, light brown pods.  Native from southern Russia to China, Manchuria and Himalayas.
 

Caragana: the Mongolian name, karaghan, for C. arborescens.