New Mexico Locust
Robinia neomexicana
A thorny southwestern locust draped with fragrant rose-pink pea-flower clusters in early summer. A nitrogen-fixer that suckers into thickets and feeds hummingbirds and bees.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 25–25 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, red, pink, purple, brown
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~72 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT, WY