species
Robinia pseudoacacia
False acacia
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Robinia pseudoacacia belongs to the family Fabaceae, also known as False acacia, introduced to the UK. It reaches 20 m tall and 12 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, sand or chalk soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained or dry conditions, and suits average 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
- 20 m tall × 12 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained, Dry
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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