Skyline® Honeylocust

Skyline Honeylocust is a seedless/podless variety- so it will not propagate. The branches do not hang down, and can be easily trimmed up to suit your needs- from the nursery shade trees are pruned up to about 5.5-6ft above ground. As the tree grows, many people will prune them up to about 7 or 8 ft above ground. We do recommend waiting several years until the tree is re-established before pruning them up- as the lower branches tend to be the large ones and provide the tree a lot of leaf area for growth. They are definitely suitable for a walkway or parkway planting- and are very commonly used as such- they are fast growing and tough. The root systems of almost all trees is typically in about the top 2 feet of soil- and I would consider honeylocust to have a pretty deep growing root system. They are very commonly used in parking lots, sidewalk cutouts, and parkways- so the root system is typically not a nuisance in these situations.

Yes, the Skyline Honeylocust is thornless- in fact, inermis means thornless in latin. We will start delivering and installing trees in May- based on the weather this year and the amount of orders we already have in, I would say mid-May.

The Skyline Honeylocust can be in full sun, part sun or full shade. Since the tree is larger when planted it will not need to compete for light at the time of installation. This tree is seedless and has small leafs so it does not cause a mess at all. A very mess free tree for sure.