Honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) is a deciduous and thorny legume tree that is aggressive and fast-growing. The tree’s bark is grayish-brown and furrowed with long, scaly ridges. Honey locusts ...

Q: We are curious about the locust trees. They typically are one of the last trees to get leaves in spring and usually begin losing their leaves in mid-August. This year, they were a little later ...

Once you know what to look for, it seems like they’re everywhere, coming for people’s backyards and gardens, and they can’t be killed by normal means. Lydia Casey, with her knife, jug of herbicide and ...

The trees you now see throughout the county with the showy white flowers are probably black locust trees. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a medium-sized tree with a single small leaf and thorns ...

Q: A couple of doors down from our home there is a large, round-headed shaped tree in the yard that has fairly large clusters of white blooms. Sort of shaped like a cluster of grapes. When we asked ...

I was planning to plant some black locust seedlings on our property, but I now understand it has some problems. Do you recommend this tree? I am very fond of the black locust tree (Robinia ...

Black locust trees bloom in May and June, emitting a fragrant aroma and signaling seasonal changes. Often considered a nuisance species, black locusts play an important role in colonizing disturbed ...

This week in Missouri’s woods, a native, thorny, locust tree displays clusters of fragrant white flowers. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) grows in dry or rocky upland woods, along streams, and ...