It's noted that Telperion had white blossoms like a cherry, and that Laurelin had leaves like a beech -- though generally it was also noted to have been 'founded' on the laburnum:
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				On the carbon copy of LQ 2, which otherwise received no emendations, my father added the following note to the word spilth in the last sentence: meant to indicate that Laurelin is 'founded' on the laburnum. 4 'jocund spilth of yellow fire' Francis Thompson — who no doubt got the word from Timon of Athens (his vocabulary was largely derived from Elizabethan English) 
 
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 In a note published in The Attack on Weathertop (Return of the Shadow)...
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				'For as it is told the Blessed Realms of the west were illuminated by the Two Trees, Galathilion the Silver Cherry, and Galagloriel that is Golden Rain.'
			
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 If that helps any (despite the Elvish names at this point)! 
Looking quickly on the web (!) sometimes 
laburnum = Golden Rain but I'm no expert here; I see Golden Chain on the web as well.