Audubon Native Sugarberry – #3 Container 2-3 Feet

Description

The National Audubon Society presents a new line of native plants and trees that helps birds and wildlife thrive in your area! Known as the Southern Hackberry, the Audubon® Native Sugarberry Tree (Celtis laevigata) is a hardy native Elm tree relative, with no worry about Dutch Elm disease! Also known sometimes as the Sugar Hackberry.

A tough shade tree that tolerates wind and storms, they’re great street trees or lawn specimens with few issues! Early spring brings green flowers for pollinators and early fall offers sweet and nutritious reddish-brown fruit for birds! The abundant fleshy berry-like drupes mature to deep purple and are edible by people too.

The broad, rounded, open crown of spreading or slightly drooping branches. Yellow fall color and twiggy branches make choice nesting sites for tree-dwellers. The mature gray bark develops the Hackberry’s well-known warty texture.

Planting and Application:

Sugarberry Trees are ideal shade trees and street trees! Also, fantastic lawn and specimen trees the broad limbs provide habitat and wildlife nesting, while shading your home. Reduce cooling costs by planting one of these trees to block the sun beating on your home!

Benefits and attracts Thrushes, Mockingbirds, Waxwings, Orioles, Cardinals, Turkeys, Grouse, Quail, Ducks, u0026amp; Pheasants, while providing insect food and shelter for many more! Even people can snack on the date-like fruit, however, these are best left for your birds because of the large seeds. The leaves feed Mourning Cloak, Question Mark, Hackberry Emperor, Comma, Snout and Tawny Emperor butterflies!

• Caterpillar Host Plant u0026amp; Pollinator Friendly
• Huge Wildlife u0026amp; Bird Food, Nesting u0026amp; Shelter
• Shade or Street Tree
• Tolerates Southern Heat u0026amp; Humidity

ProPlantTips for Care:

Sugarberry trees do best in growing zones 6-9 and are adaptable to most well-drained soils. Once established, they tolerate dry and rocky soil, occasionally soggy soil and urban pollution.

• Full Sun u0026amp; Part Shade
• Prune in Early Spring
• Tolerates Clay Soil, Occasional Wet Soil, Air Pollution
• Grows Well In Pots When Young
• Mulch New Trees

The heat and humidity tolerant Audubon® Native Sugarberry Tree is a fantastic native shade and tree that is also a boon for wildlife, birds and pollinators! Order yours today before they’re gone at NatureHills.com!

Audubon® Plant Information

Bird-Friendly native trees and plants provide food and shelter for local and migrating birds, as well as other wildlife. By purchasing and planting native flora, you will support Audubon’s conservation mission and impact, while helping birds and wildlife thrive!

• Grown Without Neonicotinoids
• Audubon® is Licensed u0026amp; Registered to the National Audubon Society
• May Not Be Available in Non-Native Regions, States or Countries – Check Here
• Audubon® Native Plants u0026amp; Trees are Exclusively Grown by Bower u0026amp; Branch