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Cultivar: Purple Robe for Robinia pseudoacacia

Notes

'Purple Robe' (a.k.a. 'Rouge Cascade', 'Casque Rouge', 'Pink Cascade', 'Red Cascade') - possibly an R. x ambigua selection; compact rounded form; rose-pink flowers; grows to a 40' tree; new growth emerges bronzy-red and retains some undertones of this color into summer; forms fewer seeds than the species; flowers slightly earlier in the season

Other Cultivars for this plant

'Bessoniana', 'Chicago Blues', 'Frisia', 'Globe', 'Idaho', 'Inermis', 'Purple Robe', 'Pyramidalis', 'Semperflorens', 'Twisty Baby', 'Umbraculifera'