General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 15 ro 25 feet
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on new wood
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Deep purplish-pink
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Flowering Tree
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

Trade name information:
Trade Name: Casque Rouge®
Cultivar name: 'Flemor'
Common names
  • Margarett's Locust
  • Locust
  • False Acacia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Robinia x margaretiae
  • Synonym: Robinia x margarettae
  • Synonym: Robinia x margaretta
Also sold as:
  • Robinia x margaretta 'Casque Rouge'
  • Robinia pseudoacacia 'Casque Rouge'
  • Pink Cascade
  • Robinia x ambigua 'Casque Rouge'
  • Cascade Rouge

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