Plant question....does anyone have any idea what this is????

[WiseOwl]

I swore this was a type of Wisteria because of the "grape like" purple flowers in the early spring...today I noticed these "pea pods" on it.....anyone have a clue what this is?


Thanks in advance S&P Family

Wise Owl

[MustangGal]

It looks like a locust tree to me, does it have big thorns?

[WiseOwl]

No thorns....this plant is weird

[MustangGal]

I did some poking around on line and there is a thornless honey locust. You might do a search on that and see if they match. Good luck! Oh and good thing NO THORNS, those suckers are nasty!

[eeyore]

I think MustangGal, hit it on the head, it does look very much like a Honey Locust and the description fits also. Has a lot of uses also, good tree.

http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_gltr.pdf

[MustangGal]

One of my HS science teachers, with a reputation as a bit of a fruit loop, had us make a tree identification notebook. I sure wish I had that notebook back now!

[LYoung]

Wiseowl you called it. This stuff is beautiful but let it get away from you and it is trouble. I have Wisteria all over the place. I have to fight it all the time. Stuff is 40 feet up my trees as well.

[WAB]

Looks like wisteria to me.


WAB