Twisty Baby Black Locust, Lady Lace Black Locust               ro-BIN-e-a soo-do-a-KA-se-a

• Deciduous multi-stemmed shrub or small tree, zigzag branching, especially on new growth, some spines on branches, may attain a height of 8-10 ft (2.4-3 m) with a somewhat greater spread.  Leaves dark green, some curling of mature leaflets, turn yellow in fall.  Produces few flowers or seed pods.
• Sun to part shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Patented in 1996 under the cultivar name of ‘Lady Lace’ (PP 9771), but sold under the trademarked name of Twisty Baby.  Offered in nurseries as a multi-stemmed shrub, a single trunk tree or tree top-grafted to a standard at a height of about 6 ft (1.8 m).