Insignificant, mostly monoecious, greenish flowers appear in spring (April–May) with male flowers in clusters and female flowers solitary. Regardless of type, flowers are about ¼ inch across and predominately yellowish green; each flower has 4 to 5 oblong sepals connected together at …

This is a larval host plant for several butterflies including American Snout (Libytheana carinenta), Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa), Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis), and Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton) and Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis).

Dwarf hackberry is a flowering, deciduous tree or shrub in the hemp family (Cannabaceae) native, but fairly rare, to the southeastern United States and found in foothills and bluffs, on slopes, in meadows and along streams in open woods in soils with a limestone base.

Chinese Hackberry is a rapidly growing, flowering, deciduous tree in the hemp family (Cannabaceae) reaching 40 to 50 feet high and wide at maturity with a round, spreading crown. In its native Asia, it can be found on the lowlands and …

The 'Green Cascade' cultivar, or weeping Japanese hackberry, is a rapidly growing, flowering, deciduous tree in the hemp family (Cannabaceae) and a cultivar of Chinese hackberry. At maturity and with the proper support to overcome its propensity to spread along the ground, it can reach 15-20 feet high and wide.

Consider native alternatives to this invasive tree such as Acer rubrum (Red Maple), Betula nigra (River Birch), Carpinus caroliniana (American Hornbeam), Celtis occidentalis (Common Hackberry), Chionanthus virginicus (Fringe Tree), Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood) and Ulmus americana (American Elm).

Kidney bean shaped drupe starts off green turns to brown that resemble hackberry ripen September-November. Flowers: Flower Inflorescence: Insignificant Flower Value To Gardener: Long-lasting Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Description: Monoecious, insignificant flowers appear just after leaf out. Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics ...

White flowers appear in mid-summer, but they are generally difficult to spot among the foliage. Creeping raspberry fruits are similar to blackberries or red raspberries, with their delicious flavor and aggregate shape but their color is yellow to salmon to red.

Flowers: Flower Color: White Flower Inflorescence: Raceme Flower Value To Gardener: Fragrant Showy Flower Bloom Time: Spring Flower Shape: Tubular Flower Petals: 4-5 petals/rays Flower Size: < 1 inch Flower Description: Each petal is oval to orbicular in shape and concave. The green sepals become yellow giving the white flower a yellowish look ...

Small white feathery flowers arranged in a narrow cluster on a naked stalk rise above the leaves in late spring or early summer. The flower stalks are 8-15 inches high. Galax prefers cool, moist sites with partial shade.