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Black Locust Blooms

Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 25 May 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.

The black locust tree is a legume that can reach up to seventy feet tall but generally is small and found in groves where older trees push up new ones from the roots. It is used in the western part of Oklahoma and other prairie states like Kansas, and Texas for windbreak plantings along with other hardy trees. The trees bloom prolifically at the end of April and though the flowers are very pretty, the fragrance is out of this world! Of all the plants I've sniffed in my flower searches (the nose is as important as the eyes in wildflower photography) this is my favorite, honeysuckle being a close second. This posting isn't pretty -- it's a flowering you have to experience in person to appreciate and just a continuance of my blogging theme.
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