Honey Locust

Bean pods are late season food source for deer - tolerates very poor soils Orders placed now are for Fall 2026 shipment Orders placed now are for containerized trees. We take orders for our trees in advance and ship them out at the proper time for Fall planting in each region from Aug-Dec. See our Shipping Date Map to see exactly when orders will ship to your state. Get your order in now, we sell out early every season! Honey Locust Honey locust is a very unique tree with some surprising qualities that can make it very useful for land and habitat management. Honey locust is a fairly non-descript tree that flowers in the spring and produces large bean pods in the fall that are very attractive to wildlife. Honey locust flowers are small and often go unnoticed by the eye but are very attractive to pollinators. Seed pods develop and ripen in early fall and persist on the tree falling slowly throughout the fall and into January or early February. These seed pods are 8-14in long and contain beans inside that are sweet, some say they taste like honey. The sweet, honey-like, taste of the seeds is where honey locust gets its name. Deer and other wildlife including squirrels, turkeys, quail, raccoons, and opossums love these sweet bean pods and will stop by often to see what has fallen that day. Honey locust make a great addition around field edges and food plots. There they can get great sun and provide a specific point of attraction as deer filter into the plot or field making them a great stand site. Honey locust not only provide great food source, they also put nitrogen into your soil. Scientists are still researching to determine whether nitrogen is produced from their roots, as in nitrogen fixing legumes like peas, or if it comes from their large volume of leaf drop. Honey locust do produce lots of leaf litter, this makes them great for building soil and incorporating more organic material into marginal soils. Consider planting them on log decks and washouts to help build soils. Honey locust are very hardy trees that will grow nearly anywhere so they wont mind the poor soils. Another useful trait of honey locust is their ability to grow in alkaline areas with high pH and marginal soil. This makes them great for land reclamation. Areas previously used for mining are not usually suitable for many trees but honey locust can be an exception to that rule. They can help to reclaim the land and rebuild soils all while providing a good food source for wildlife. Honey locusts tree have thorns. You must protect your trees with one of our Tree Tubes to be covered under our Survival Guarantee. Please read the full details here Drop time: Sept-Jan Growing zones: 3-9 Soil type: Marginal areas, field edges, streambanks, very adaptable and easy to grow. Tolerates moist soils and drought very well. pH: 6.0-8.0 Sun: Prefers full sun but can tolerate some shade Pollination: Needs at least 2 trees for pollination Size when shipped: 1yr old approx. 18-36in Spacing: 25-30ft