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Northern Hackberry (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$187.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $187.00 | $7.48 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $158.95 | $6.36 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $140.25 | $5.61 |
| 24 bundles and up | $121.55 | $4.86 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Wholesale only. We carry Northern Hackberry only by the wholesale bundle. For just a few plants, see our hedgerow and shade plants.
At a glance: Northern Hackberry is a long lived, drought tough shade tree rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 3 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-40°F). Grows in zones 3 to 9. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 40 to 60 ft tall |
| Pollination | Wind-pollinated. No second tree needed. |
| Spacing | 10 to 16 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Tall row of a shelterbelt, farmstead and street shade, a replacement for ash and elm, bird food |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 2 years old, 25 plants to a bundle, or 20 to a bundle for 3 ft. and taller. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in., 2-3 ft. and 3 ft.+. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Hackberry is the tree foresters point to when people ask what to plant instead of ash and elm. It is long lived, strong wooded and steady on dry, windy, alkaline sites once it is established.
Origin & History
Native from the northern plains east to New England. This stock is from northern seed, which matters for hardiness.
Fruit & Uses
Pea sized purple fruit that hangs on into winter and is eaten by robins, waxwings and grouse. A first rate shade tree with corky, ridged bark.
Growth Habit
Rounded, elm like crown, 40 to 60 ft tall. Slow the first couple of years after transplanting, then steady.
Spacing
Plant 10 to 16 ft apart in the tall row. A bundle of 25 covers 250 to 400 ft.
Pollination
Wind-pollinated, with male and female flowers on the same tree.
Cold hardiness
We rate northern hackberry to zone 3, winters to -40°F. Bare root hackberry is slow to break bud, so give it until midsummer before you write one off.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Questions we get about Northern Hackberry
How cold hardy is Northern Hackberry?
We rate it hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F.
How far apart do I plant Northern Hackberry?
10 to 16 ft apart in a shelterbelt row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.
Photos: “Celtis occidentalis 20090606” by Chhe, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain; “Celtis occidentalis Wiązowiec zachodni 2021-10-02 06” by Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.