Black Locust Trees
Start your timber, silvopasture, or carbon project with proven clonal genetics.
TAKING ORDERS FOR FALL 2025 & SPRING 2026
Turbo Obelisk© - Pots & Plugs
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Variety Traits
✓ Shipmast form, straight growth
✓ Faster growth than conservation grade
✓ Increased nectar production for honey
✓ Loose canopy structure for understory
✓ Tolerance to higher pH soils
✓ Drought resistant & geographic range
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Silvanus Forestry was founded by Jenő Németh in 1980 (as Silvanus Group), initially working in both forestry and the production and sale of ornamental plants. Imported to Europe in 1601 by French Botanist Jean Robin, Robinia pseudoacacia now makes up 25% of Hungary’s forest area. In 1990, Silvanus began research and development in black locust genetics, with 50,000 progeny-tested seedlings from elite and improved parent trees. The best specimens showed a 100-200% increase in growth rate after 14 years. These trees served as the groundwork for Silvanus’ continued research and selection of a handful of outstanding clones that exhibit a straight growth form and reach up to 13-15 inches DBH after only 15 years. Propagate has imported the Obelisk Group back into North America, under an exclusive license in the United States.
TAKING ORDERS FOR FALL 2025 & SPRING 2026
Daybreak - Bare Root
TISSUE SOURCE:
Variety Traits
✓ Shipmast form, straight growth
✓ Faster growth than conservation grade
✓ Loose canopy structure for understory
✓ Drought resistant & geographic range
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Root cutting clonal selection of a shipmast growth form specimen tree by the Propagate team. The growth rate of these trees has been evaluated in trials at Propagate's research farm. These trees tend to grow much faster than conservation grade seedling trees but slower than the Turbo Obelisk Black Locust variety.
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