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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 08:26:56 AM
I have these very pretty but very thorny trees that are blooming now. I would love to know the name of them. They are really big trees. Every branch had thorns at least a 1/2 inch long all along the limb. The leaves are small round and all the way up the stem. It's blooming right now and the blooms look like a white wisteria bloom. They smell really good sort of like the green weed bush that grows all over the place. Very pretty tree but very thorny. I guess it's a weed tree. They are all over the place. The goats have killed all the smaller ones but the big ones are going strong.
Does anyone else have a tree like this and knows the name of it? I wish I could post pictures. Sorry.
Kris
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| kristin sherrill |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 3:57:57 PM
Yes, I think ya'll are right. I remember now. They do put off lots of little trees all over. My goats love them. But the big ones have survived them. They really are pretty. I didn't know the flowers were edible though. Now I'm thinking locust jelly!
Thanks, Kris
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| Marybeth |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 10:30:43 AM
I'll second what Kathy says. It does sound like a Locust. Huge tree but the scent of the flowers is tremendous. Not necessary a weed tree but does send up suckers.
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| KathyC |
Posted - Apr 23 2010 : 08:40:09 AM
Kris,
They might be locust trees, honey locust or black locust. Very beautiful but those thorns are mean. I think the flowers are edible and the wood is very hard and make good fence posts since it is very slow to rot.
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