
Osage Orange
- Botanical Name
- Maclura pomifera
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 20 to 40 feet
- Width
- 20 to 40 feet
- Flowers
- Dioecious, June, inconspicuous
- Fruit
- Large, 4 to 6 inch diameter, ball-like structure, yellow-green to yellow, resembling an orange
- Fall Color
- Yellow-green to gold
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Adaptable to most soil conditions
- Planting & Care
- Transplants easily
- Tough tree that tolerates poor, wet, high pH, acidic and dry soils
- Tolerates wind and heat
- Problems
- Fruit litter, spines on stems
- Varieties
- Double O - male form with no fruit, thorns only on young stems
- White Shield - fruitless with few or no thorns, 35 feet tall and wide, fast growing, good fall color
- Wichita - upright, spreading with a dense canopy, one of the most thornless varieties available
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