I was planning to plant some black locust seedlings on our property, but I now understand it has some problems. Do you recommend this tree? I am very fond of the black locust tree (Robinia ...

Plant breeders keep hoping for a big success. The tough Black Locust, Robinia pseudoacacia, has been crossed several times with the shrub-like Clammy Locust, Robinia viscosa. The tall and graceful ...

Colonial Williamsburg garden historian Wesley Greene strips the bark from a locust log with a draw knife. The log will be used as garden-bed edging in the town. Colonial Williamsburg garden historian ...

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. "Black locust tree shows promise for biomass potential." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 13 June 2013.

Once you know what to look for, it seems like they’re everywhere, coming for people’s backyards and gardens, and they can’t be killed by normal means. Lydia Casey, with her knife, jug of herbicide and ...

The mechanisms governing seed distribution and distance are complex. Dandelion seeds fly away on gossamer wings … shrub yellowroot seeds sail away on flotation bladders … Velcro-like seeds cling to ...

After their petite leaflets drop like golden confetti each fall, honey locust trees hold on to dangling, twisty, brown seedpods. Native to the Midwest, the honey locust is a widely planted ornamental ...

A tolerant, thorn-clad tree native to the central United States, honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a somewhat fast-growing tree often found on limestone soils or moist bottomlands. It ranges ...

Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...