Hackberry
- Botanical Name
- Celtis occidentalis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 40 to 60 feet
- Width
- 40 to 60 feet
- Flowers
- April to May: not ornamentally important
- Fruit
- 1/3" drupe maturing to to dark purple in September and October, edible tasting like dates, hard seed will shatter teeth
- Fall Color
- Yellow or yellow-green
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, rich, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Transplant in spring
- Problems
- Grit leaf spot, nipple gall, witches' brooming
- Varieties
- Prairie Pride - compact, rapid grower, thick leathery leaves, nearly fruitless, less prone to witches' broom mites
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