Re: Favorite tree

Title: Re: Favorite tree
Don:

Can you suggest a reliable mailorder source? I'm familiar with the tree and concur, it's a beauty.

Others should be warned that, at least in some parts of the US, it's very prone to borer damage, and also leaf miner can make it look really ugly. Also, if you're planning on planting anything underneath, it has very hungry roots.

---Don Galbreath
Boston, MA  Zone 6

From: Don Martinson <llmen@wi.rr.com>
Reply-To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:12:32 -0500
To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
Subject: RE: Favorite tree


Lynn:
Though, thinking again about the mess they create, anyone care to mention their favorite fast-growing, good canopy, shade tree?
Thanks,
Doug


While not everyone's cup of tea, here is one of my favorites:

False locust, Robinia pseudoacacia cv. 'Purple Robe'

Pluses:
Fast growing (photo below is a tree 12 years old from a 6 ft whip)
Light, open, shade
Blooms at early age
Striking (to me) late spring display of pink, fragrant, wisteria like flowers. See photo at:
http://home.wi.rr.com/llmen/robinia.jpg
Little fall cleanup since leaflets/leafblades are relatively small
Seedless
Very little suckering for me

Minuses:
Some mess in spring when spent flowers fall, but easy cleanup (strong wind will blow they away)
No significant fall color
Occasional suckering
Some sources suggest it is weak-wooded, and I have had one major branch split (I bolted it back in place and it seems fine)

--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mailto:llmen@wi.rr.com



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