species
Gleditsia triacanthos
Honey locust
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Gleditsia triacanthos belongs to the family Fabaceae, also known as Honey locust, introduced to the UK. It reaches 18 m tall and 14 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It flowers in June. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 18 m tall × 14 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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