Hartweg's Locust

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

North Carolina, South Carolina

Location

Sculpture Garden

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery

Description

Glandular pubescent shrub or tree to 8m, usually shorter in cultivation. Leaves to 18cm; leaflets to 4cm, 11-23, broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, sparsely pubescent above, sericeous beneath. Racemes to 10cm, crowded, glandular-downy; flowers white, magenta or mauve. Fruit to 9cm, oblong-lanceolate, glandular-hispid.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

flower color