Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'
Michael Dirr
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia'
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' (click for large image)
Frisia Black Locust, Frisia Common Locust
Common Names:
  • Frisia Black Locust
  • Frisia Common Locust
More Images:
Frisia Black Locust, Frisia Common Locust
 
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Sun/Water Requirements:

  Requires full sun.
Moderate to dry conditions.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 4 to Zone 8

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 30' to 50'.
Dirr says: "Displays excellent vigor."

Flowers:

  Season(s): Late Spring
 

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are yellow in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
Dirr says: "leaves of a golden yellow color which hold (more or less) throughout the growing season; some older leaves become more yellow-green but overall it holds the yellow color as well as any colored foliage tree."  

Fruit:

  Color: Brown, Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as an ornamental plant.
Can be used as a specimen plant.
Can be used as a shade tree.

Dirr says: "I noticed this form in abundance throughout Europe and it was a rather cheerful sight especialy on some of the drab, dreary, rainy days; has become popular in Northeast and West but even in those coolor climates loses much of the yellow color."

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Salt Tolerant
 
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia' is hardy in these areas:
Alsip, ILBaltimore, MDBayside, NY
Bronx, NYBrooklyn, NYBrownsville, TX
Canton, MIChicago, ILCicero, IL
College Point, NYConneaut, OHCorona, NY
Detroit, MIDorset, OHEast Claridon, OH
East Elmhurst, NYEast Greenville, PAEast Texas, PA
Easton, PAEcorse, MIElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEmmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, ILFerndale, MIFlorence, SC
Flushing, NYForest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VA
Fresh Meadows, NYGlen Burnie, MDGwynn Oak, MD
Harper Woods, MIHarrison Township, MIHighland Park, MI
Hunt Valley, MDJackson Heights, NYLeasburg, NC
Lexington, NCLiberty, NCLinwood, NC
Little Neck, NYMacomb, MIMarysville, MI
Maspeth, NYMemphis, MIMiddle Village, NY
Morgantown, WVMount Clemens, MINew Baltimore, MI
New Haven, MINew York, NYNewport News, VA
North Ridgeville, OHNorth Street, MINottingham, MD
Oakland Gardens, NYParkville, MDPhiladelphia, PA
Pikesville, MDRego Park, NYRidgewood, NY
Riverdale, ILRosedale, MDSparrows Point, MD
Staten Island, NYTaylor, MITemperance, MI
Towson, MDTrenton, MIVirginia Beach, VA
Wayne, MIWestland, MIWhitestone, NY
Whitmore Lake, MIWoodside, NY
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