Sunburst Honey Locust

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Sunburst Honey Locust

The leaves are divided into many small, oval leaflets giving a fern-like appearance to the foliage; leaves are normally green, but the 'Sunburst' cultivar has light yellow leaves. Sunburst Honeylocust trees display yellow new growth, and the yellow leaves persists throughout the season. The Sunburst Honeylocust is fast growing up to 2 ‘ a year. Prefers full sun. This deciduous tree displays clusters of yellow-green, fragrant flowers open in May-June. This tree is a version of improved thornless, podless varieties. The Sunburst Honeylocust tree, Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, 'Sunburst', is smaller in stature than the common Honeylocust tree. Easy to transplant because it withstands a wide range of conditions. It is a very fine textured tree with a broad, pyramidal crown, and an excellent lawn tree for filtered shade. Extremely salt tolerant. The wood is dense, hard, and durable. Does best in moist bottomlands or soils with high pH. ... get more information

 

Serbian Spruce It prefers moist well drained soils, and will tolerates alkaline sites. The Serbian Spruce, 'Picea omorika', Serbian Spruce forms a narrow, pyramidal silhouette with graceful arching branches. The Serbian spruce, with it's narrow pyramidal habit, allows its use in smaller scale landscape situations than most other conifer trees. The upper surface of the needles is glossy, dark green in contrast to the whitish lower surface.

Sunburst Honey Locust