Robinia sp. Native borne in bundles of three

borne in bundles of three or four

and shrugs off heat

Use the bamboo as a dense low groundcover and lawn alternative

Give them humus-rich

treat it as a herald

Robinia sp. Native borne in bundles of threeThis showy little locust came to Woodlanders by a happy accident. Planted years ago alongside a row of black locusts, Robinia pseudoacacia, on a nearby farm, one tree surprised everyone by opening not the usual white but clusters of vivid rose purple pea flowers over compound leaves, followed by small, rough, slightly bristly seed pods. The origin is uncertain: a North American species, likely, but possibly a seedling from seed received years ago from