Green Giant / Brooks #6 Poplar vs Thornless Honeylocust - TreeTime.ca

Green Giant / Brooks #6 Poplar vs Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

Populus x Green Giant

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Thornless Honeylocust
Green Giant / Brooks #6 Poplar

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.

Green Giant Poplar - also known as Brooks #6 - is a large, prairie hardy tree ideally suited to shelterbelts. Cold tolerance, drought tolerance, and disease resistance make the green giant a perfect fit for anyone looking for a low maintenance tree. This hybrid poplar variety produces no fuzz.

Thornless Honeylocust Quick Facts

Green Giant / Brooks #6 Poplar Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 15 m (50 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 15 m (50 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: any
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: very fast
Life span: long
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


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


In row spacing: 2.4 - 3 m (8 - 10 ft)
Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Other Names: brooks poplar, hybrid poplar