Colonial Williamsburg garden historian Wesley Greene strips the bark from a locust log with a draw knife. The log will be used as garden-bed edging in the town. Colonial Williamsburg garden historian ...

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 ...

Here’s a question I asked myself, included here because I’ve noticed so many golden locust trees struggling this spring: Q: My golden locust tree (Robinia pseudocacia ‘Frisia’) has lots of dead ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Q: This past spring, I had a honey locust tree cut down and the trunk ground up, hoping to grow grass in the space. However, during this hot, humid summer, hundreds of little trees have sprouted all ...

If plants were capable of expressing emotions similar to humans, area mesquite trees might literally turn green with envy and become jealous of another area leguminous tree species. This inhabitant of ...

As the strongest timber in North America, black locust helped build Jamestown and hardened the navy that decided the War of 1812, yet today few Americans have heard of it. The nation's taste in ...

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 ...