SALE: Hop Tree - Ptelea trifoliata | Conservation-grade pots fall'23

Common name: Hop Tree

Scientific name: Ptelea trifoliata

Category: Native Shrub, Threatened

Sample mature size: 5 m tall, 4 m wide; 16.5 ft tall, 13.5 ft wide

Sunlight: Full-sun

Water: Medium-dry, Dry

Soil: Silt, Sand

Blooms: Yellow in May

Natural habitats: Riverbanks-beaches, Woodland-shaded, Carolinian-forest

Wildlife benefits: Host plant 🐛, Bees/wasps 🐝, Butterflies/skippers 🦋

Points of interest: - Host larval to the rare Giant Swallowtail - Threatened due to natural habitat loss from urban development of the shoreline - Another significant devastation from the Twig Boring beetle - Grows along the shorelines and dunes of Lake Erie, occuring often in thickets or open woods