trefle.io · Taken May 20, 2021 by Boumlik Messaïli (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Three-thorn-acacia
Gleditsia triacanthos
Also known as Caesalpiniodes triacanthum, Gleditsia triacanthos var. nana, Caesalpiniodes heterophyllum, Melilobus heterophyla
Native Plants · Tree · Deciduous · Shade-Tree · Fast-Growing · Thornless · Landscape · Hardy · Nitrogen-Fixing · Windbreak · Street-Tree
Honey locust is a tough, fast-growing deciduous tree that thrives with minimal care once established in full sun to partial shade. Water young trees regularly for the first two seasons to help roots establish, then reduce watering as the tree becomes drought adaptable. Prune in late winter to remove any dead or crossing branches and to maintain a pleasing shape.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep water thoroughly then allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 4.8–8
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 480 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Florida, France, Free State, Georgia, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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