Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos  Seeds per pack ~ 15  Germination: (Packed for 2025) Also called thorny locust, on account of the vicious thorns (so big the biggest thorns have thorns themselves and have a history of use as nails!), honey locust is a native leguminous tree found in river valleys in the central-eastern US, from Texas and Alabama in the south to eastern Kansas and central Pennsylvania in the north. It has long been a valued agroforestry tree for its sweet pods that can be eaten by livestock like hogs. Good for wildlife like deer too. The sweet pulp inside the pods is edible by humans as well, along with the seeds and sprouts. The wood is long-lasting and durable, making some beautiful furniture. And the plant seems to be capable of some nitrogen-fixing, though it does not make root nodules like many nitrogen-fixing legumes. The plant is loaded with phytochemicals and has a long history of use as a medicinal plant by indigenous people. Thornless seedlings do sometimes appear, and