Osage Orange
Maclura pomifera
15 seeds
Osage Orange is also known as Bois d’ arc, Hedge Apple or Horse Apple, is a member of the Moraceae family (i.e., figs, mulberries, breadfruit and jackfruit). This thorny, fast-growing, medium-sized tree or shrub grows up to 60 feet tall but is more typically 30-40 feet. Osage Orange is almost as wide, with upwardly arching branches and a short trunk, forming a low, rounded, irregular-shaped canopy. It is often planted in rows along boundaries and trained as a hedge. With short, stout, sharp ½ inch thorns covering the branches and stems, hedgerows provide an effective, impenetrable security barrier. This fast-growing tree is wind and heat tolerant and can grow in poor and infertile soils. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 3-6 inches in diameter and turns bright yellowish green in autumn. The fruits secrete a sticky white latex when cut or damaged.
Osage Orange is adaptable to most soil conditions. It can tolerate poor, wet or dry soils, but prefers areas in full sun, with cool temperatures with around 40 inches of rainfall a year. Seedlings can be easily grown from seeds. Seeds should be stratified at 40 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-45 days to break dormancy and allow germination. Seeds that have fermented over winter in a cold state do not need stratification in the spring. Germinate the seeds by soaking them in cool water for 48 hours.
Maclura pomifera
15 seeds
Osage Orange is also known as Bois d’ arc, Hedge Apple or Horse Apple, is a member of the Moraceae family (i.e., figs, mulberries, breadfruit and jackfruit). This thorny, fast-growing, medium-sized tree or shrub grows up to 60 feet tall but is more typically 30-40 feet. Osage Orange is almost as wide, with upwardly arching branches and a short trunk, forming a low, rounded, irregular-shaped canopy. It is often planted in rows along boundaries and trained as a hedge. With short, stout, sharp ½ inch thorns covering the branches and stems, hedgerows provide an effective, impenetrable security barrier. This fast-growing tree is wind and heat tolerant and can grow in poor and infertile soils. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 3-6 inches in diameter and turns bright yellowish green in autumn. The fruits secrete a sticky white latex when cut or damaged.
Osage Orange is adaptable to most soil conditions. It can tolerate poor, wet or dry soils, but prefers areas in full sun, with cool temperatures with around 40 inches of rainfall a year. Seedlings can be easily grown from seeds. Seeds should be stratified at 40 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-45 days to break dormancy and allow germination. Seeds that have fermented over winter in a cold state do not need stratification in the spring. Germinate the seeds by soaking them in cool water for 48 hours.
Maclura pomifera
15 seeds
Osage Orange is also known as Bois d’ arc, Hedge Apple or Horse Apple, is a member of the Moraceae family (i.e., figs, mulberries, breadfruit and jackfruit). This thorny, fast-growing, medium-sized tree or shrub grows up to 60 feet tall but is more typically 30-40 feet. Osage Orange is almost as wide, with upwardly arching branches and a short trunk, forming a low, rounded, irregular-shaped canopy. It is often planted in rows along boundaries and trained as a hedge. With short, stout, sharp ½ inch thorns covering the branches and stems, hedgerows provide an effective, impenetrable security barrier. This fast-growing tree is wind and heat tolerant and can grow in poor and infertile soils. The distinctive fruit, a multiple fruit, is roughly spherical, bumpy, 3-6 inches in diameter and turns bright yellowish green in autumn. The fruits secrete a sticky white latex when cut or damaged.
Osage Orange is adaptable to most soil conditions. It can tolerate poor, wet or dry soils, but prefers areas in full sun, with cool temperatures with around 40 inches of rainfall a year. Seedlings can be easily grown from seeds. Seeds should be stratified at 40 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-45 days to break dormancy and allow germination. Seeds that have fermented over winter in a cold state do not need stratification in the spring. Germinate the seeds by soaking them in cool water for 48 hours.