Re: Robinia 'Purple Robe'


>Doesn't it have thorns like the species?  It is such a weed around here (SW
>Ohio) that I can't imagine it being an attractive tree, but I have never seen
>Purple Robe.
>
>mark stephens


The thorns, such as they are, seem much reduced.  I believe this form 
is grafted, but it doesn't sucker anywhere near as much as species. 
Were it not for the spring flowering, I would probably not bother 
with it.

-- 
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@wi.rr.com


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