Re: Pink flowering Robinia cultivars

I'm very fond of Robinia hispida, (Rose Acacia) though I'm sure a lot of
people hate it.
When I first began gardening I was driving down a busy residential road and
saw these beautiful small trees dripping with pink flowers.  Each raceme
took the shape of bountiful grapes.  An old man was working in the yard and
I pulled into his drive and asked what they were.  He said, "You like that
tree?  I give you that tree."  I protested that I just wanted the name and
he replied something that sounded like Lotus.  And he kept insisting he
would give me the tree, so I accepted.  He was from the Ukraine and said he
saves starts of it for people who stop by like me, but that it had to be dug
in October, so I should come back, which I did.

I've attempted to train mine into a tree like his, but I've never done as
nice a job as he did.  It gets so top-heavy from all the flowers.  Yes it
suckers, but I've given some to people who've asked (with cautions) and the
rest just pull out easily.  Actually, over time it suckers a lot less.  I
don't think I've seen one come up the last couple of years.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Martinson" <llmen@wi.rr.com>
To: <woodyplants@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:58 AM
Subject: Pink flowering Robinia cultivars


> One of my favorite trees is my Robinia pseudoacacia 'Purple Robe'
> Does anyone have any experience with any of the other pink flowering
> locust cultivars/species such as 'Idaho' or hartwigii.  I know some
> of them are prone to suckering, so I would certainly want to avoid
> those.
>
> -- 
> Don Martinson
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin
> l*@wi.rr.com
>
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