Green Ash vs Thornless Honeylocust - TreeTime.ca

Green Ash vs Thornless Honeylocust

Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Gleditsia triacanthos inermis

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Green Ash
Thornless Honeylocust

Green ash is a fast growing tree with incredible golden yellow leaves in fall. This tree is native to the prairies and is well suited for drought and cold. Green ash can also tolerate soil compaction, periods of flooding and a wide variety of soils including alkaline. This makes green ash ideally suited for use in urban environments.

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 Ash Quick Facts

Thornless Honeylocust Quick Facts

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Zone: 2b
Zone: 3a
Height: 18 m (60 ft)
Height: 15 m (50 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Spread: 15 m (50 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: long
Life span: long
Suckering: low
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: light and thin
Fall colour: bright yellow in early fall
Seeds: seeds located within samaras
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 1.8 - 2.4 m (6 - 8 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Native to: AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PE
Other Names: downy ash, red ash, swamp ash, water ash