The fruits of the Osage orange tree, somewhat confusingly known as hedge apples, are softball-sized and unpalatable to most animals. But the tree has had an outsize impact on U.S. history.

The hedge apple, also known as Osage orange or mock orange, is the distinctive fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). These large, green, wrinkled spheres have long been a source of ...

The Osage orange hedge row tree, once a favorite of American settlers, deserves a look from modern-day homesteaders looking for fencing options.

Along the rivers, the Osage Orange, also known as hedge apple, bois d’arc, bodark, bodock, or bow-wood, flourishes.

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‘Effective’ ways to remove 'serious threat' box tree caterpillars from your hedges BOX TREE caterpillars are more common in East Asia but have become a "serious threat" on British shores ...

The heyday of living fences on farms lasted less than 30 years. But Osage orange trees, descendants of fence rows planted as early as the 1840s, still line country roads and fill hedge lines ...

If you have boxwood plants in your yard or neighbourhood, there's an invasive pest you need to be on the lookout for this spring.

What are those lumpy, bumpy, yellow-orange things on the sidewalk? Meet the Osage orange tree's fruit.

The hedge apple, also known as Osage orange or mock orange, is the distinctive fruit of the Osage orange tree (Maclura pomifera). These large, green, wrinkled spheres have long been a source of ...