Sun: full sun

Soil: does best in well-drained soils

Growth rate: fast (2 ft/yr)

Mature size: 20-30 ft. tall

Landscape use: fast-growing, tough and adaptable tree, fragrant flowers are a favorite of honey bees, fixes nitrogen, lumber, HAS THORNS

Fruit: brown/black dry pod

Flower: white/pinkish long racemes (even young trees flower)

Fall color: yellowish, leaves drop early in the fall

Seasonal interest: spring flowers that are showy and fragrant

Sustaining wildlife: favorite spring flower for pollinators, especially honey bees and other native bees; leaves food for caterpillars like Silver-Spotted Skipper and Clouded Sulphur; home for songbirds; deer and turkey eat foliage and seed pods