Botanical Name: Gleditsia triacanthos inermis
Common Name: Sunburst honey locust
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape an upright, mostly single-trunked plant, with arching and spreading branches forming a loose, somewhat irregular shape, oval to round canopy; canopy tends to be open, providing light shade; stems are thornless
Height 30-40' (60')
Spread 2/3 to equal
Growth Rate very rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun; requires warmth
Soil tolerates most; can grow in desert alkali soils
Hardiness hardy (zones 1-16, 18-20); prefers hot inland locations
 
Morphology:
Leaves bipinnately compound, alternate, 8-13" long; each leaf has 8-14 each pinna 2-5" long, bearing 16-24 oval 1/2" long leaflets
Flowers small, greenish, inconspicuous; in narrow 1-3" long racemes spring, early summer
Fruit a pod: flat, 10-16" long, not constricted
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
a fast-growing shade tree, valued for bright yellow-green foliage and light shade-producing canopy; good lawn tree; suitable for most landscape styles; rather invasive root system
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular; thrives in heavily irrigated lawns but can tolerate some drought
Fertilizing balanced, in spring
Pruning stake and head high when young; thin out occasionally
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Southern United States
Family: Fabaceae

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