Unique Features: The Imperial Honeylocust is a cultivar of a durable and adaptable North American native tree. These qualities are verified by their success in difficult sites, such as street islands and street strips.  The Imperial stays smaller than the species, is thornless, and only produces a few seed pods. Even the ‘seedless’ Honeylocusts, such as Skyline and Shademaster, can produce some pods if they are under stress. It grows into a rounded form, sometimes without developing a central trunk.  The dark green leaves are pinnate, almost fern like.  The leaflets are small enough that the wind disperses most of them, eliminating leaf raking. The stems do stick around; they and any remaining leaflets can be cleaned up with a mulching mower. Honeylocusts leaf out later and drop leaves earlier thereby avoiding late and early freezes.  This tree is approved by the Town of Parker.