Osage Orange Tree - Native Shade Tree in 1 Gallon Pot | Maclura pomifera
Add rugged native beauty and historical character to your landscape with the Osage Orange Tree, a hardy deciduous tree valued for its dense branching structure, bright green foliage, and exceptional adaptability. Native to North America, this unique tree is well known for its durable wood, wildlife value, and large textured fruit often called hedge apples. Its broad canopy and tough nature make it an excellent choice for windbreaks, privacy plantings, wildlife habitats, and large landscape settings.
Osage Orange thrives in a wide range of soil conditions and is highly tolerant of drought, heat, and challenging environments once established. Its dense growth habit also makes it a popular choice for natural fencing and shelterbelts. These healthy plants are shipped established in 1 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the landscape.
You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Osage Orange Tree
✔️ 1 gallon pot plant
✔️ Native deciduous shade tree
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival
Growing Information
- Common Name: Osage Orange Tree
- Botanical Name: Maclura pomifera
- Plant Type: Deciduous shade tree
- Growth Stage: Established potted plant
- Sun Requirements: Full sun
- Soil: Adaptable to most well-draining soils
- Watering: Moderate; drought tolerant once established
- Mature Height: Approximately 35–50 feet
- Mature Width: Approximately 35–50 feet
- Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
- USDA Zones: 4–9
- Container Friendly: No; best suited for landscape planting
Care Tip: Plant in full sun for strongest growth and healthiest canopy development. Young trees benefit from regular watering during establishment, while mature trees tolerate drought and poor soils exceptionally well.
Plant Condition Disclosure
Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.
Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.
Important Note
You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.
Customer Notice for Live Plants
Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.
Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.
Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.
- Photos of the shipping box
- Photo of the shipping label
- Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
- Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant
Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.
Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.