Bare Root Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)

Bare Root Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)Plant type: deciduous, hardwood tree Description: Signature shaggy bark peeling off a long, straight, gray trunk in long strips; pinnately compound leaves that turn a stunning deep yellow to golden brown in fall; sweet, edible nuts consumed by wildlife Habit: Reaches 80 to 100 feet in height; canopy is irregular broad, oval rounded crown Culture: Adaptable to wide range of soils Hardiness: USDA Zones 5 through Carya ovata is native to eastern North

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The Pawpaw is native from New York to Florida and west to Nebraska and Texas

Eighteenth-century Virginia gardener Jean Skipwith was likely referring to this charming species as the “cut-leaved” wild violet “with a pansy flower” that she grew among her sweet-scented violets at Prestwould

can be grown as a shrub

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moist soil

pale yellow

Habit: Medium-sized

deeply lobed

Habit: Dense multi-stemmed shrub grows to 5' feet high and around 5' feet wide

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