Gleditsia triacanthos (var. inermis) 'SKYLINE' honey locust
size/type
tall tree,tall tree
usual height
9-15m
usual width
3-6m
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
Description of the plant:
If you like elegant leaves tha are not as bold as London plane tree leaves for example, have look at this honey locust. It is called SKYLINE and as it belongs to inermis subspecies it represents a thornfree version of this beautiful tree. Unlike its more popular brother SUNBURST with golden yellow leaves SKYLINE produces rich green leaves. They are fern-like, pinnate and bipinnate (often occurring on the same tree), deciduous. The foliage is dramatic in autumn when it turns bright golden-yellow. SKYLINE honey locust makes a medium dense, rounded, compact canopy that filters enough sun to offer a dappled shade for shrubs and other plants living underneath its branches. The fragrant, melliferous flowers are tiny and hang in small, inconspicuous clusters in early summer and attract insects as they smell by ginger-bread.
Another advantage of this beautiful tree is its adaptability. It is soil and pollution tolerant and can live happily in urban areas with limited moisture in summer and practically no fertilizing. Though, in private gardens it will be thankful for moist, fertile soil. Hohoney locust needs a sunny location. Fully hardy to -34°C (USDA zone 4).
Last update 27-09-2012.
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standard
height of stem 170-200 cm, girth 10-12 cm, crown width 70-80 cm
5 850 Kč
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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.
