Re: Trees/ Honey locust :-)
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Trees/ Honey locust :-)
- From: D* B* T*
- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 10:02:31 -0500
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Yeah, the uggaboogas sporting in the canopy would scare me too! I can feel
the thornbuds developing at the thought!
:-)
Diann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Margaret Lauterbach
> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 9:57 AM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Trees/ Honey locust
>
>
> At 02:28 PM 08/06/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello Diann,
> > Not all Locust trees have thorns over the trunks and limbs.
> > As to why they developed thorns... can't answer that one... my
> > ex-wife had
> >them and I never understood what purpose they served.
> > Sorry...couldn't resist... just too darn easy.
> > Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> > around the woods - around the world
> >genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
>
> If you're looking for purpose, consider that certain birds impale mice and
> other small prey on the thorns for later dining. It also prevents small
> children and uggaboogas from climbing and sporting around in the canopy.
> Margaret L
>
