American Hophornbeam
- Botanical Name
- Ostrya virginiana
- Hardiness
- Zones 3b to 9
- Height
- 30 to 50 feet
- Width
- 10 to 25 feet
- Flowers
- Catkins, 1 inch long in groups of 3's,
- Fruit
- Nutlet enclosed in inflated pod, fruit clusters resemble fruit of hops
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, cool
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap or container in spring
- Slow to recover from transplanting
- Problems
- None serious
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