Gleditsia Greenfield Globe™

Greenfield Globe is a globe-shaped selection made by Michael Yanny in 2016 from a witches broom branch of a ‘Skyline’ Honeylocust he found planted along a busy street in Greenfield, Wisconsin. Greenfield Globe is useful as a street or urban tree because it tolerates harsh urban conditions, as do all Gleditsia triacanthos. Because of its compact globe form, it will be more useful in tight urban spaces than the traditional honeylocust forms, which are typically quite wide. It may also be useful in formal settings as the perfect "lollipop" honeylocust.

This plant could not be cuter. Do you recall the trees in the Lorax movie? Greenfield Globe makes an adorable puff-ball-like shape on a stick, just like in the film. The leaves are much denser and darker green, too. You can spot Greenfield Globe from 100 yards away in a field of honeylocust because it is so dark green and glossy. This well-contained honeylocust is going to be super valuable and popular as a street tree in zones 3-9, where it will take up less space, require less trimming, and be adaptable to urban conditions.