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 ...

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Here’s a question I asked myself, included here because I’ve noticed so many golden locust trees struggling this spring: Q: My golden locust tree (Robinia pseudocacia ‘Frisia’) has lots of dead ...

Plants need nitrogen to grow. Many legumes meet this need through a symbiotic relationship: They harbor bacteria that fix ...

Q: This past spring, I had a honey locust tree cut down and the trunk ground up, hoping to grow grass in the space. However, during this hot, humid summer, hundreds of little trees have sprouted all ...

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 ...

In some areas of the state, black locust trees have taken on a brown color. This is due to activity of locust leafminer, which results in trees that appear scorched. The adults feed on lower leaf ...

I continue our look at some of the rather common, yet often lesser known Indiana trees with the locusts. Now, when the name locust comes up in a conservation, it is usually of some insect. The ...

Black locust trees are captivating in mid-May when their large, fragrant white blossoms open and make the medium to large trees suddenly apparent along the edges of wooded areas and in small groves.

Q: We are curious about the locust trees. They typically are one of the last trees to get leaves in spring and usually begin losing their leaves in mid-August. This year, they were a little later ...

The trees you now see throughout the county with the showy white flowers are probably black locust trees. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a medium-sized tree with a single small leaf and thorns ...