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Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia')
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'
Black Locust
A small to medium flowering tree with open branching habit and thorns. The foliage has compound leaves with 7-19 leaflets. This cultivar has new growth is orange maturing to yellow and turning greener as the summer gets hotter. The thorns and new stems are red.
The cultivar 'Frisia' is grown for the foliage color. Robinia is a very hard wood tree and often used for fence posts as they are resistant to rot.
Attracts BeesColorDrought tolerantFoliageFormFragrancePoor Soil tolerantWood
Eastern/Central US
50 - 0 FT
25 - 0 FT
Y
Yellow
Fine
Small Tree
White
Spring : Summer
Easy
Sun (minimum 8 hours direct sun)
Any : Poor
None : Sparse
Sunset Zones
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