Thornless honey-locust | The Morton Arboretum
The light, dappled shade cast by the lacy foliage of thornless honey-locust is only one of its virtues. It also is durable and adaptable, tolerating a wide range of soil conditions as well as drought, and road salt, and has a lovely yellow fall color.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis (Honeylocust, Honey Locust ...
The Thornless Honey Locust is a finely textured, urban-tolerant, fast-growing, and filtered shade tree. Use it as a specimen in a lawn, recreational play area, or as a street tree. The fruit is edible by wildlife, which attracts pollinators and makes it a welcome addition to any wildlife garden.
What Are The Pros And Cons Of A Thornless Honeylocust Tree?
2021年9月4日 · Thornless honeylocust is a widely-used shade tree that grows in a round or slightly oval shape. It grows quickly and produces fragrant flowers in the springtime. Thornless honeylocust trees are tolerant to various stressors like pollution, salt, and drought. They prefer full sun and can grow to 30-70 feet tall with a 30-70 foot spread.
Discovering the Thornless Honey Locust: A Gardener's Guide
2024年1月18日 · Discover the Thornless Honey Locust, a fast-growing, drought-tolerant, and low-maintenance tree perfect for creating a lush, tranquil oasis. Learn all about its care, benefits, and more in our latest guide.
Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'Skycole' SKYLINE - Plant Finder
Gleditsia triacanthos, commonly called honey locust, is native from Pennsylvania to Iowa south to Georgia and Texas. It typically grows 60-80’ (less frequently to 120’) tall with a rounded spreading crown. Trunk and branches have stout thorns (to 3” long) that are solitary or three-branched.
Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis: Thornless Honeylocust
Honeylocust grows quickly to 70 feet or more with an oval or rounded canopy. The species has undesirable thorns on the trunk and main branches and large seed pods so it is best to plant selections of the variety inermis which are both thornless and some nearly seedless.
ENH440/ST281: Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster ...
Thornless Honeylocust is a deciduous native North American tree which grows 50 to 70 feet tall and almost as wide. It forms a graceful, vase-shape to oval outline almost like a smaller version of American Elm. It will grow two to four feet each year during the first 15 years after planting.
Thornless Honeylocust — Nature’s Aberrant - Arbor Day …
2018年5月22日 · The thornless honeylocust has captured the hearts of arborists, community foresters and homeowners throughout America. It is a tree widely planted in communities as it is one of the toughest, most tolerant urban trees to be found.
Consider Thornless Honeylocust in your Landscape - Purdue …
2023年6月23日 · Honeylocust is widely planted as a hardy and fast-growing ornamental, but if you find it in the woods, you’ll see some long, nasty thorns. Thornless and fruitless varieties have been developed by the horticultural industry for use in landscapes.
Thornless Common Honeylocust - Colorado Master Gardener
Native Honeylocust may be armed with long thorns that are actually modified branches. (Most Honeylocust in the landscape are thornless – “inermis”.) Zig-zaggy branching. Shiny, smooth, reddish-brown brittle. Mottled or streaked. Very knobby. Enlarged leaf nodes. Bark: Mostly smooth, but round in spots, as if smoothed by a trowel.