Celtis occidentalis
$449.99
Celtis occidentalis is a broad native shade tree with corky gray-brown bark, yellow fall foliage, and small edible red-purple drupes that feed birds.
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Description
Celtis occidentalis grows into a broad native shade tree with arching branches and distinctive corky gray-brown bark. Green leaves turn yellow in autumn, while small drupes ripen from red to purple and often remain into winter for birds.
The ripe fruit has sweet, date-like flesh around a hard seed and can be eaten without cooking. The tree works in spacious lawns, urban landscapes, wildlife gardens, and pollinator plantings, where it tolerates heat, drought, wind, varied soils, and brief flooding.
Grow it in full sun or partial shade and give it moist, well-drained soil while roots establish. Apply organic mulch over the root zone while keeping it away from the trunk. Use fertilizer only when a soil test identifies a nutrient need, then water it in.
Additional information
| Height | 1220 cm – 1830 cm |
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| Spread | 1220 cm – 1830 cm |
| Flowering months | April, May |
| Synonyms | Celtis canina, Celtis crassifolia, Celtis occidentalis var. canina, Celtis occidentalis var. crassifolia, Celtis occidentalis var. occidentalis, Celtis occidentalis var. pumila, Sponia occidentalis |
| Family | Cannabaceae |
| Propagation | Propagate by seed sown in autumn. |
| Pests | Asian woolly hackberry aphids, lacebugs, scale insects, nipple galls, and leaf-mining psyllids may occur. |
| Diseases | Witches broom, powdery mildew, leaf spot, and root rot may occur. |
| Hazardous | unknown |
| Variegated | unknown |
| Watering instructions | Water through establishment; mature trees tolerate moist or dry soil. |
| Sunlight instructions | Grow in full sun or partial shade on any aspect. |
| Color flower spring | Green, Yellow |
| Aspect | East, South, West, North |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Habit | Bushy |
| Moisture | Wet or Damp Soil, Moist but Well Drained, Well Drained Soil |
| Ph | Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
| Position | Full sun, Partial shade |
| Shape | Spreading |
| Suggest planting location | Pollinator Garden, Low maintenance planting, Urban and courtyard gardens, Wildlife friendly gardens |
| Type | Tree |
| Use for | Butterfly-Friendly, Bird-Friendly, Low maintenance |
| Years to max height | 10 |
| Drought resistance | yes |
| Soil | All types |
| Harvest in | 9, 10 |
| Local names | Hackberry, Common Hackberry, American Hackberry, Northern Hackberry, American False Elm, False Elm, Beaverwood, Nettle Tree, Rim Ash, Sugarberry, Sugarberry Tree, Common hackberry |
| Blomidon Item No | CELOC050WB, CELOC060WB, CELOC25010G |
| Common Name | Common Hackberry |