The Most Beautiful Golden Shower Trees In Miri

Every time the golden shower (Cassia Fistula) trees along Jalan Krokop across the road from UMW Toyota Service Centre are in full bloom, I feel enthralled by their beauty. For the past couple of weeks, two of the trees have been profusely covered with yellow flowers and are almost devoid of leaves. Bunches of flowers hang in long pendulous racemes from the branches like garlands. They are truly a sight to behold!

The two golden shower trees (Cassia Fistula) along Jalan Krokop Miri in full bloom

The golden shower is a flowering semi-deciduous plant in the family Fabaceae. It is relatively drought-resistant, slightly salt tolerant and is suitable to be planted on small roads, gardens and open spaces. When all the flowers fall, the tree will be covered by long pods which contain the seeds for propagation purposes.

A golden shower tree with no blooms but covered by long pods

It is such a pity that not all of the trees flower in concert simultaneously. I can envisage how beautiful a scene it would be if we have a park with hundreds of the golden shower trees blooming with inflorescence simultaneously. It may rival the beauty of the the peach blossoms in Japan.

The golden showers of the Cassia fistula