Re: Robinia 'Purple Robe'
- Subject: Re: Robinia 'Purple Robe'
- From: D* M*
- Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:31:15 -0500
>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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