Illustrative photo.
Gleditsia triacanthos 'ELEGANTISSIMA' honey locust (thornless)
size/type
medium-sized shrub,medium-sized shrub
usual height
2-4m
usual width
1,5-3m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
insignificant or non-blooming
location
full to partial sun
soil type
neutral
soil moisture requirements
evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest)
4 (down to -34°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Honey locust is known as a beautiful and elegant tree. No wonder that the breeder of this variety called it Elegantissima. From Roman languages we know that everything with suffix –issima is used for everything a grade higher. And looking at this honey locust it is clear that the name was aptly chosen. The plant is an extremely elegant, densely leaved shrub or a small tree. Its deciduous leaves are the same as on the species, just a bit shorter but there is at least three times as much. They are compound, fern-like, and bright green turning yellow in the autumn. This variety is thornless. Usual height is 2-3m, everything above falls under specimen as it grows very slowly. Maximum height is expected 6m (in about 50 years though). Should you need to keep it compact you can trim it every 3-5 years. It is soil tolerant, we only suggest avoiding calcareous soil. Fully hardy even in mountainous regious.
QUICK PRICE OVERVIEW
height 60-80 cm
1 430 Kè
height 60-80 cm
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height 80-100 cm
1 490 Kè
height 80-100 cm
1 520 Kè
height 100-125 cm
1 720 Kè
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
