White acacia, Robinia

Native to the eastern part of the United States. Sun-loving, up to 25 m in height, an open, late-leafing tree with brown bark with deep fissures. Flowers white, 2 cm long, in June, in dense racemes 10-20 cm long, strongly fragrant. Especially valuable as a nectar-producing plant. A very beautiful, picturesque, often multi-stemmed tree for gardens and park plantings with a very attractive crown shape. Spreads rapidly by shoots, so this pollution-tolerant plant is excellent for soil stabilization of loose sandy, gravelly and rocky soils, slopes, embankments, spoil heaps and stony areas; tolerates lime. Hardiness zone 6.