Re: sedums under tree?
At 09:34 AM 9/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Your note is somewhat amusing, Marge! But I just want to clarify that
>locusts with thorns are honey locusts, not black locusts.
>
>Another thing I like about black locust is that their leaves don't need to
>be raked. (On the other hand, they're constantly falling all year littering
>everything!) And yes, the suckers that never go away. HOWEVER, with 4 huge
>locust trees, I only pull about 8 suckers a month. On the other hand, with
>two Norway Maples (now that's a tree I could very successfully and happily
>live without), I start pulling about 150 seedlings a month in the Spring;
>I'm down to 5 a week now. If you don't watch out, you have adolescent Maple
>trees growing all around the perimeter-just what you want.
>
>Diann
In my part of the country (Idaho), there are thornless honey locusts, and
the black locusts do have thorns. At least most of the black locusts
do. Margaret L
