Genus: Robinia

Add me to the list ! I'm sooo jealous. I want a 'purple robes' robinia so badly I can almost taste it ...lol.

They do tend to shed leaves in summer especially if there is any wind and even twigs which are delicate. But it doesn't harm them. I usually have a sprinkling of the leaves over the garden most of the summer.

Hi, Robinia is a tricky plant, it is a beautiful tree however for some reason unknown to me and any other professional I have asked on the matter, Robinia's are for some reason very tempermental and for absoulutly no reason they decide to act up without warning. I'm sure there is a reason you know, maybe somebody on this web-site will give you a logical explantion. All I know is that they are extemely unique and mysterious in this way, sometimes they last and sometimes they don't.

It,s done very well Janey , I,m envious , I,ve always wanted one as well ,i,ve had two at different times and they both died :o(

I love these trees. I had one in the previous garden, but it's too windy here and they don't like wind. So you are lucky!

Sorry, it's really hard to help without a picture of the shrub/damage. Weevils are beetle-like with dumpy boddies and long noses - are you sure this is what you saw?

It is sounding as though your tree is pretty sick.As a desperate measure you could remove the tree to the ground and with a bit of luck allow new leaders to form. After a few years growth, remove all the leaders but leave the strongest. This will hopefully replace the tree in memory of your father yet still remain the tree ( if you know what I mean ). Please research this though as I read of this some years ago and it may well be I'm getting mixed up with something else.Though I'm sure that I'm not, I do not want to be responsible for any premature loss. If I am right ( sure that I am ), there really is no guarantees that this will work.
If you are still getting any suckers/saplings from the mum then is it an option to replace the tree with this ?
Whatever you decide I do hope that you get some positive results.

It doesn't sound too hopeful, I am afraid. Do a 'scratch' test on the branches you can reach, I mean, scratch off half-an-inch of bark and see if the wood underneath is brown or greenish. If brown and brittle, that branch is dead. Nothing will help the tree if it is far gone. Sorry. You may have to bite the bullet and plant another one for your father.

There are a lot of trees like this growing in our area. Obviously we have the right conditions, dry and sunny.

Sounds delicous.

wow thats wonderful 2 have a tree that smells so nice all over hungry Chris :)

Love this shot.........smiles

I love the shape of the branches.

We have always been intrigued by our tree since we arrived here in October 2006. I trimmed it last year and it put on a lot of lovely vigorous growth. The fact is that is has been planted in a very small front garden by a wall that is next to the public pavement and a lamp post. Given that it grew so beautifully last year, and especially in view of your photograph and descriptions (which tally with what I have read) - our inclination is to move it to a more suitable position in our back garden. If so, would probably do it in a 2 year stage. There, we are trying to establish a mixed hedge of Coryllus avellana, cratageus monogyna, canina rosa and other British natives. The same area is overlooked by a couple of Rowans(sorbus acuparia?) - so perhaps this tree would fit in perfectly?

Our old trees are 15 metres +. I hope you get blossom this year Buzzbee. This is a very common tree here in Hungary. The countryside is covered with them, and they line many of the country roads. The perfume pervades the air. When we get off the plane at peak flowering time the first thing we smell is the Akacs blossom. It's amazing,

Thank you Chrispook - this must be what we have. It did not blossom last year, but judging by its size it is still a young tree. Thank you.

Yes it has long thorny spikes on the branches. The blossom is white and prolific in May.

Can I ask if your tree has lots of thorns on its branches? We have a tree we inherited in our front garden, which someone said might be Robinia pseudoacacia. The only thing is I have not yet read a description of the tree that mentioned thorns. Just wondered.

LOVE THIS PICTURE WOW!!!!