Description
Size (HxW): 12-18’ x 6-8’
Growth Habit: Upright, columnar
Planting Location: Exposed
Zone 2b
- Light green, compound leaves turn yellow in fall
- Olive-bronze coloured bark
- Creates its own nitrogen to amend poor soils
- Makes a great feature tree or narrow hedge
- Small yellow flowers bloom in late May – early June
- Slow growth rate (6-11”/yr)
- Small, edible bean-like seed pods appear in early August
- A cold hardy tree for harsh environments
- Minimal suckering
- Life expectancy: 40-50 years
- Row spacing: minimum 4-5’ apart
- Root space: plant at least 10’ from foundations
- Slightly susceptible to powdery mildew in moist, shady planting locations or due to high humidity in summer