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Sugarberry Tree (Celtis Laevigata) - 3 Gallon Pot

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Sugarberry Tree (Celtis Laevigata) – 3 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $79.97.Current price is: $55.98.

SKU: D2LSC 6581595542 Category: NATIVE PLANTS

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Sugarberry Tree

Celtis laevigata

Other Names: Sugar Hackberry, Southern Hackberry

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 6a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Tree

Height at Maturity: 40-60′ depending on location

Width at Maturity: 40-60′ depending on location

Spacing: 60 feet for space between trees

Growth Habit / Form: Upright Arching Rounded Crown

Growth Rate: Moderate to Fast

Flower Color: Green, not showy

Flower Size:

Flowering Period: Spring

Flower Type: Single

Fragrant Flowers:

Foliage Color: Medium Green, Yellow in fall

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: Yes, edible, very sweet!

Berry Color: Dark Purple

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun or Part Shade

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay, Loam, Sandy(amended), Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well-Drained to Wet soil

Soil pH: 5.0 – 8.0 (Acid to Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Beneficial Pollinators, Birds, Mammals, Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer, Insect, Wet Soil

Description

The Sugarberry tree, known and adored for its sweet fruits, is a very adaptable and easy-to-grow native tree with both high ornamental and wildlife value. The edible, deliciously sweet fruits it produces are edible by humans and wildlife. The fruits persist on the tree late into the winter months providing a source of food for many species of birds, including flickers, cardinals, cedar waxwings, brown thrashers, and robins, at a time when there might not be much else around for them to eat. And, as mentioned, you can eat them too! The fruits taste very sweet, hence the name. The attractive green leaves are alternate, 2 to 4 inches long, and have strongly uneven bases. Another interesting feature is the warty texture of the mature grey bark. Adaptable to average to wet soils, and growing up to 60 feet tall and wide at maturity, makes the Sugarberry an excellent ornamental tree for both landscape and street use.

The ripe fruit of the Sugarberry tree are round with sweet flesh around a hard seed. This seed is rich in protein and fats, but is extremely hard so we don’t suggest trying to crush it with your teeth. The soft flesh around the seed can be eaten as you would a seeded grape.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 40 to 60 feet tall and equally as wide with upright-arching branching and a rounded spreading crown, the Sugarberry tree is ideal for use as a specimen or in grouping in landscape and woodland borders. Also a great selection to line a street, property line or driveway and a fine addition to bird and wildlife gardens, native plant gardens, edible gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 70 feet apart for space between trees

Growing Preferences

The Sugarberry Tree grows best in most any moist but well-drained to wet soil of average fertility and full to mostly sun. Light shade is tolerated.

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