Gathering black locust tree blossoms

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. When I spotted what I feared was a white Asian wistaria growing in a tree by town, I stopped but wasn’t sure I could reach it to cut – seems like most things are a challenge if you’re 5'1". But blossoms were cooperatively growing low on the tree and on smaller trees sprouting up around it. This tree, black locust, tends to sucker – sending up shoots from roots. I thought about going back with my shovel, but if it’s a root sprout, it’s not going to be happy leaving its mother, (maybe I’ll tag one and try it next winter.) I brought several long cluster of flowers home and using one of those clever phone aps figured out what it was – an old friend I’d forgotten about. The flowers smelled wonderful and perfumed the room.