Add native beauty and ecological value to your landscape with Smooth Alder, a hardy multi-stemmed shrub or small tree prized for its adaptability to wet soils and naturalized settings. Also known as Tag Alder or Hazel Alder, this native species forms dense thickets with attractive branching structure, making it an excellent choice for rain gardens, pond edges, streambanks, wetland restorations, wildlife habitats, and erosion control plantings.

Smooth Alder thrives in moist to swampy conditions where many other plants struggle, while also supporting native pollinators and wildlife throughout the growing season. Its dense growth habit provides shelter for birds and beneficial insects, while its ability to tolerate periodically wet soil makes it highly valuable for naturalized landscapes and ecological gardens. These healthy plants are shipped established in 1 gallon nursery pots and are ready to thrive in the landscape.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Smooth Alder plant
✔️ 1 gallon pot plant
✔️ Native wetland shrub or small tree
✔️ Healthy, rooted landscape plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Smooth Alder
• Botanical Name: Alnus serrulata
• Plant Type: Deciduous shrub or small tree
• Growth Stage: Established potted plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial sun
• Soil: Moist to wet soil; adaptable to boggy conditions
• Watering: Moderate to high; prefers consistently moist soil
• Mature Height: Approximately 10–20 feet
• Mature Width: Approximately 8–15 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast
• USDA Zones: 4–9
• Container Friendly: Best suited for landscape planting

Care Tip: Ideal for rain gardens, wetland edges, and erosion-prone areas where moisture-loving native plants are needed. Pruning suckers can help maintain a more compact form if desired.

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.