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Okanese Poplar vs Thornless Honeylocust

Populus x Okanese

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

COMING SOON

(new stock expected: fall of 2025)

Okanese Poplar
Thornless Honeylocust

Okanese Poplar is an excellent shelterbelt tree. It's one of the hardiest and fastest growing trees you can plant on the prairies. This hybrid poplar is disease resistant, drought and cold tolerant, produces no fuzz, and requires little maintenance. Okanese poplar also makes for a good privacy screen on larger properties.

Thornless Honey Locust makes an excellent shade tree with its lacy foliage and dappled shade. The leaves are honey-yellow, light and airy, providing interesting color and texture to your landscape. This variety is thornless, and the seeds and pods provide food for wildlife such as deer and squirrels.

The Thornless Honey Locust is tolerant of drought, various soil conditions, and even road salt.

Okanese Poplar Quick Facts

Thornless Honeylocust Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 15 m (50 ft)
Spread: 8 m (26 ft)
Spread: 15 m (50 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: any
Growth rate: very fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: high
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: light and thin
Hybrid: yes
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 2.4 - 3 m (8 - 10 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)