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Nursery Direct
Common Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 100Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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The photo shows this species, not the individual plant reserved for you. Send us an enquiry and we usually reply within 1 business day with photos of the actual stock available in the size you want.
Request photosGetting it in: this size needs about 900mm to 1.2m of clear access. Measure the narrowest point on the route and tell us on the booking call. Standard access is included in the price, and anything unusual is quoted and agreed with you before work begins. What happens on installation day
Looking for a larger size?
Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
Send An EnquiryYou order. We do the rest.
After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Common Hackberry - Celtis occidentalis
Celtis occidentalis is one of the most structurally reliable deciduous trees available for large-scale Australian landscapes. At maturity, its broad canopy commands presence, delivering serious shade, urban durability, and architectural form that holds value across decades.
Why Common Hackberry
Canopy scale: Reaches 15 to 25 metres with a wide, spreading crown that delivers substantial summer shade and visual weight.
Exceptional adaptability: Tolerates heat, drought, wind, and a broad range of soil conditions without compromise to form or health.
Urban-grade resilience: A proven performer in high-stress environments including exposed streetscapes and compacted soils.
Low intervention: Once established, demands minimal ongoing maintenance, a key consideration for large or managed properties.
Longevity: A long-lived species that compounds in value and presence over time.
Ideal Applications
Estate and parkland planting: Scaled appropriately for expansive properties and large open landscapes.
Avenue and streetscape installation: Uniform structure and toughness make it a first-choice street tree for civic and commercial projects.
Driveway and entry framing: Creates commanding, shade-covered arrival sequences on prestige properties.
Amenity and recreation shading: Ideal where broad canopy coverage over open areas is a primary design brief.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (feature/avenue): 10 to 15m
Best Planting Season: Autumn to early spring
Soil & Drainage: Adaptable to a wide range of soils including clay, loam, and sandy soils; tolerates dry, compacted, and alkaline conditions; prefers well-drained to moderately moist soils
Establishment Care: Water deeply and regularly for the first two to three years until the tree is established, then reduce to supplemental watering during extended dry periods. Apply a layer of mulch around the base to retain soil moisture and suppress weeds, keeping mulch clear of the trunk.
Plant Details
Height: 12 to 25m
Width: 10 to 15m
Growth Rate: Moderate
Foliage: Deciduous
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Native to: Eastern North America
Flower Colour: Insignificant
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







