Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa'
Plant Expert:
Michael Dirr Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa'
Michael Dirr
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa'
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa' (click for large image)
Tortuosa Black Locust, Tortuosa Common Locust
Common Names:
  • Tortuosa Black Locust
  • Tortuosa 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: "Small tree with slightly twisted and contorted branches."

Flowers:

  Season(s): Late Spring

Dirr says: "the racemes are small and thinly set with flowers."  

Foliage:

  Deciduous
Color: Leaves are dark green and bluish-green in the summer and yellow and green in the fall.
 

Fruit:

  Color: Brown, Black
Season(s): Fall
 

Landscape Value:

  Can be used as a specimen plant.

Other:

  Is Resistant to Drought
Is Salt Tolerant
 
Robinia pseudoacacia 'Tortuosa' 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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