eastern hop hornbeam
Ostrya virginiana
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size25 to 40 feet tall20 to 30 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Red-brown (male); light green (female)
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Eastern hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) is a tree for specimen planting, woodland gardens, and low maintenance landscapes. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It sits low on the menu for deer. It grows slowly and develops a broader crown in sun. Songbirds and small mammals find some food value in it, but it does not tolerate flooding or salt.
Pairs well with Sensitive fern, Western sword fern, American cranberrybush, and Pussytoes.
Native range
Eastern North America and Mexico.