| Description | A wide spreading Honeylocust that produce a light shade. Reported to be fairly resistant to the problems that can plaque a Locust tree. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | racemes, fragrant, loaded with nectar for pollinating insects |
| Fruit | large flat, chocolate colored, twisted bean-like seedpod |
| Leaves | alternate, pinnately or bipinnate compound, bright green in the summer and yellow in the fall, one of the earliest to drop leaves in the fall |
| Stems | twigs are zig zaged. |
| Dimensions | Reaches a height of 35 feet with a spread of around 25. |
| Maintenance | May suffer from a plethora of insects and diseases. |
| Native Site | Species native to native Pennsylvania to Iowa south to Georgia and Texas (USA) |
| Cultivar Origin | Princeton Nursery of New Jersey USA (1956) |
| Misc Facts | Honeylocust produces a light shade. May suffer from a plethora of insects and diseases. |
| Author's Notes | In a landscape I maintain, the Shademaster Honey Locust produces garbage cans full of seed pods each year. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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