gleditschia

Updated: May 15, 2025

The above include most of the hardy Genistas, though G. capitata and G. daurica, both very ornamental kinds, might be added to the list. They are all very hardy, free-flowering shrubs, of simple culture, and succeeding well in any light and rather dry soil. GLEDITSCHIA TRIACANTHOS. Honey Locust. United States, 1700.

Angus Duncan Webster - Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs

Gleditschia sinensis, introduced in 1774 from China, gave two seedlings without spines in the year 1823, in the nursery of Caumzet. It is curious in being one of the rare instances where a simultaneous mutation in two specimens is acknowledged, because as a rule, such records comply with the prevailing, though inexact, belief that horticultural mutations always appear in single individuals.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation