Gleditsia triacanthos 'SUNBURST' honey locust
size/type
medium-sized tree,medium-sized tree
usual height
5-9m
usual width
2-5m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Honey locust is a highly elegant tree. The species bears quite sharp spines which appear along the trunk and on thicker branches. However, garden varieties have been bred without the spines and they have different shapes and leaf colour.
Description of the plant:
Sunburst is a mid-sized tree grafted at the bottom so the whole plant is thornless. It is usually offered as a feathered tree with branches from the ground level. It can also be trained into a tree form with a thin crown in 2m height. The trunk still keeps producing buds with leaves which should be removed as they emerge. Honey locust can offer a dappled shade, yet allowing shrubs and other plants live underneath. Fern-like, deciduous leaves of Sunburst are very attractive, up to 20 cm long, fine and textured. They emerge bright yellow, changing to light green and mid green in summer. New leaves keep coming up at the ends of branches throughout the season so the tree always has a portion of fresh, yellowish-green ends. The fragrant greenish yellow flowers hang in small, inconspicuous clusters in early summer and attract insects.
In 20 years it will not grow taller than some 5 meters. Its branches grow more or less horizontally making layers. It is soil and pollution tolerant. Prefers a sunny spot. Fully hardy to USDA zone 3b (-37°C).
Last update 08-12-2008.
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
