`Skyline' Honeylocust grows quickly to 50 feet or more with a rounded canopy comprised of several dominant ascending branches. Young trees may be more pyramidal with a central trunk. A central leader usually develops with little encouragement and the tree will require little pruning. This makes the tree well suited for street tree planting since lower branches can be removed without deforming the nice shape of the crown. The species has undesirable thorns on the trunk and main branches and large seed pods but this cultivar is almost seedless. The tree is strong-wooded and casts light shade. Lawns grow fairly well beneath the tree and there is little to rake up in the fall since the tiny leaflets filter in between the blades of grass or are washed away in the rain. Honeylocust has a yellow or golden fall color in the northern part of its range. Trees often defoliate early in the south and are bare by October.