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Fabaceae
False acacia
Robinia pseudoacacia
Also known as Robinia myrtifolia, Robinia pseudoacacia var. amorphifolia, Robinia pseudoacacia var. pyramidalis, Robinia pseudoacacia f. crispa
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Tree · Fast-Growing · Hardy · Fragrant · Flowers · Drought-Tolerant · Urban · Nitrogen-Fixing · Pods
This fast-growing tree is extremely hardy and adapts to poor soils and urban conditions. Fragrant white flower clusters appear in late spring, followed by seed pods that persist into winter. Requires minimal care once established but can be aggressive in spreading.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering during dry spells, very drought tolerant once mature · Every 14-21 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.6–8.2
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 30 ft
- Spacing
- 180 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chile Central, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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