Plant Type

Tree, Shrub

 

Height Range

12-25', 25-40'

 

Flower Color

Green

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Grey

 

Fruit Color

Orange

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Sun

Full, Half

 

Water

Low

 

Growth Rate

Moderate, Slow

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam, Rocky, Unparticular

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish, Native Garden

 

Accenting Features

Fall Color, Multi-trunk Tree, Unusual Shape

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter, Fall

 

Location Uses

Background, Shrub Border, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Hedge, Screen, Mass Planting

 

Attracts Wildlife

Birds, Butterflies

Netleaf hackberry is a small deciduous tree with shrubby tendencies. It is related to Common Hackberry. Leaves are dark green and leathery, and turn yellow in the fall. Flowers are inconspicuous, and are followed by little orange berry-like drupes that ripen in the fall, loved by birds. Bark is rough with prominent ridges, and is red-brown to grey. Grows between 20 to 30 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet wide. Its shrubby inclinations make it best suited as a background shrub; it does have a knotty, gnarly structure that provides winter interest. A Utah native.

Grow in full sun to part shade in well drained soils with moderate organic content. Is very drought tolerant once established. Will grow in gravelly to rocky soils, and is tolerant of alkaline soils to 7.5pH. It can be trained to a central leader and be made to be more tree-like, but it requires alot of attention to keep it so; best to work with its natural shrubby nature and let it serve as a backdrop in a shrub border. Frost tolerant to 0 F. Also listed as Celtis laevigata var. reticulate.