Gleditsia sinensis Seeds | Chinese Honey Locust
LATIN NAME: Gleditsia sinensis
COMMON NAME: Chinese Honey Locust
Plant Profile
Known to gardeners as Chinese Honey Locust, Gleditsia sinensis is a handsome, upright, open, deciduous tree in the pea family, native to warm woodlands of the China, while it is prized for its fine, feathery foliage. In pea family it is feathered tree of warm woodlands, a locust whose long, dark pods have served old practice of the region. In good conditions it grows to around Twenty metres. Bees and other pollinators visit the flowers freely through the season. Add these qualities together and you have a species well worth a place in the garden.
Science & Biotechnology
Gleditsia sinensis sits in the pea family, a group that keeps botanists, horticulturists and plant breeders busy with questions of classification, adaptation and ornamental potential. Botanists have mapped its place in warm woodlands of the China, and foresters and horticulturists have grown feathery, tough, adaptable tree for street and the garden. Because it has been grown for so long, its garden habits are thoroughly documented.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Chinese Honey Locust for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. In warm garden, the Chinese honey locust is feathery tree of summer shade. Its small flowers feed bees, long, flat pods feed birds and wildlife, and open, leafy crown gives garden a fine, light shade and shelter. Pods have served traditional ways of region, and tough, adaptable tree grows well in sunny, well-drained ground. Once it has its roots down, it more or less looks after itself.
Honey locust pods were a sweet wildlife and livestock food, and its formidable thorns, Zao Jiao Ci, are a classical Chinese herb for moving stagnation; the thornless forms are premier street trees.
Growing from Seed
Sow fresh seed of Chinese Honey Locust under ordinary good conditions. Use a loose, well-drained seed compost, sow evenly over the surface and cover lightly, and keep everything evenly moist in bright light. When the young plants are big enough to handle, space them into pots or a nursery row and let them size up before their final move.
Our Take
It forms a handsome, upright, open, deciduous tree, which makes spacing and siting straightforward. Beginners will find it patient of imperfect technique.
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