Bigger Plants, Better Results. Order Now For Fast Delivery + Safe Ship Warranty! Easy to Grow and Maintain, With or Without a Green Thumb. Get Planting Today. Sunburst Honey Locust Care This tree has few restrictions on how to grow it; the only place it struggles is in dense shade. It is an ideal tree to plant in locations where you want filtered shade rather than the deep shade created by many other landscape trees.
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Sunburst Honey Locust Trees Thornless and Podless
Sunburst® Honeylocust is well-known for its bright sunny yellow leaves that emerge in the spring. As the new growth expands, the foliage at the tips remains very yellow until it matures. The fine-textured, compound leaves cast a refreshing dappled shade. The leaves are nicely green through the summer and turn a lovely golden-yellow in the fall. Common Name - Sunburst Honey Locust Plant Type - Deciduous tree Mature Size - 30 feet tall, 20 feet wide Sun Exposure - At least 6+ hours per day Soil Type - Adapts to most soil types Bloom Time - Spring, summer Flower Color - Greenish-yellow Hardiness Zones - 4 to 9, USDA Native Area - North America June Companion Plants - Sunburst Honey Locust The Sunburst honey locust is native to the midwestern United States where it grows in moist and winter-cold locations. It is a fast growing tree with an arching branch habit, reaching 35-50 ft. tall, 30-35 ft. wide. The new growth of this cultivar is bright yellow and very attractive. Street Keeper™ thornless honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'Draves'): Narrow, upright form maturing to a 20 foot spread, this cultivar will produce some seed pods. Sunburst thornless honey-locust (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis 'Suncole'): New foliage emerges yellow and matures to bright green. A seedless, male cultivar.
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How to Grow and Care for Sunburst Honey Locust Trees
Description: A very popular shade tree, valued for its delicate, ferny appearance which casts a dappled shade below; foliage emerges a brilliant yellow, fading to light green; broad spreading habit of growth, seedless, very tolerant of adverse growing conditions Ornamental Features Sunburst® Honeylocust is a distinctive tree with new branch tips of a bright-golden color throughout the growing season. It has a broad, open head and is a fast grower. This tree is thornless and podless, which is a bonus! Sunburst Honeylocust is an attractive, long-lived hardwood tree. The popular honeylocust cultivar known as Sunburst is recognized by its yellow fall color and absence of fruit pods. This deciduous tree grows to 40" in height, and as wide. The shape of the crown is pyramidal to upright with ascending branches. Mature trees have a flat limb pattern. Leaves are pinnately compound and 6"-8" long. Treasured for its brilliant display of bright golden-yellow new growth of spring, its fine textured foliage gradually deepens to yellow green as it matures. New leaflets are always bright yellow, sparkling throughout the summer months in bright contrast to the darker yellow green of the interior foliage.s.
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Sunburst Honeylocust Pahl's Market Apple Valley, MN
Honey Locust 'Sunburst' Plant Type: Deciduous Mature Size: 30' tall x 20' wide Water: Moderate Exposure:: Full sun Spacing: 10' Soil Type: Clay; loam; sand; acidic; alkaline Planting Time: Any season Subject to wind breakage. Printer-friendly version 'Sunburst' is smaller in stature than the common Honey Locust. Sunburst Honey Locust Care This tree has few restrictions on how to grow it; the only place it struggles is in dense shade. It is an ideal tree to plant in locations where you want filtered shade rather than the deep shade created by many other landscape trees.
Honey locust is a medium-sized tree with a short, thorny trunk, thorny branches, and a loose, open crown. Leaves are alternate, compound, 5-10 inches long, with 15-30 leaflets; leaflets ¾-2 inches long, broadest near the base to even throughout; margin entire or sometimes with very small, round teeth; upper surface shiny; lower surface paler, often hairy. Bark is grayish brown to black. The 'Sunburst' honeylocust has distinctive yellow-green foliage. Unfortunately, it is not a vigorous tree. It grows slowly and is susceptible to cankers and mimosa webworms. Cankers, caused by fungal pathogens, are localized dead areas on branches, twigs, and the trunks of trees. The most common canker on honeylocust is Thyronectria canker.
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Sunburst® Honey Locust Tree Care and Growing Guide
Our Solution The solution is quite logical when you know the cause of the problem. Most of the time, it is due to overwater of the Gleditsia triacanthosvar. inermis'Suncole'. We advise you to remove the infected parts of the plant, cut off the infected roots and leaves, then repot your plant using sterile potting soil and a clean pot. Description Height: 35-40 ft. Width: 30-35 ft. Shape: Round, Pyramidal Flower Color: Greenish-Yellow Flowering Time: May-June Fall Color: Golden Yellow Summer Foliage Color: Yellow tips Features: Superior fall color, fine textured foliage Exposure: Full Sun Watering: Moderate & Regular