Description
Size (HxW): 25’ x 15’
Growth Habit: Oval with Horizontal Branching
Planting Location: Sheltered
Zone 3
- Slow growing, medium sized tree
- Slender spreading branches
- Produces 2” hop-like fruit in late summer and drops in fall
- Tolerant of dry locations
- Serrated, pointy dark green leaves turn golden yellow in fall
- Has the hardest & densest wood of any Canadian tree species
- Greyish-brown peeling bark
- Forms small, insignificant flowers in spring
- Produces fruit 4-6 years after planting
- Requires 6+ hours of sun
- Cold tolerant
- Slow Growth Rate: 4-8”/year
- Individual Spacing: 12-15’
- No currently known disease/pest concerns
- Non-suckering
- Plant a minimum of 10’ from buildings
- Life expectancy: 60 years
