HedgeappleFruit.com - Biggest Hedgeapple Tree
The focal point of the grounds at Red Hill is the largest and oldest Osage Orange Tree in America. It has a span of ninety feet and stands fifty-four feet high.
Estimated to be 350 to 400 years old, the tree is listed in the American Forestry Hall of Fame, is a Virginia State Champion, and is a National Champion.
Named after the Osage Indians who used the wood for bows, the Osage Orange produces large, green inedible fruit, commonly called "mock oranges" or hedge apples."
Recent Guestbook Entries
It wasn't until we had an invasion of ladybugs that we put some osage ornages on the rafters of the back porch. Within a few days, the number of ladybugs present was drastically reduced. Thank you for your website!
- Teresa
This is so weird ... I found out by accident that osage-orange tree (producing huge hedgeapples) is growing in my school yard in the city of Cluj-Napoca (Romania). Do any of you have any knowledge of such a tree growing anywhere else in Europe?
- TudorD
Recent Survey Entries
Name: Kate
State: AR
Years used: 1
How many used: 8
Obtained: Picked your own
Places where used: on plates in windows
Pest After: spiders
Reduction Percentage:
Spiders: 75% Reduction
Cockroaches:
Ants:
Slugs:
Crickets:
Fleas:
Date Obtained: October
Any initial activity? No
Started Working?: One Day
Duration of Effect: Three Months
How widespread: Very Localized
Place them on a container? Always
General Comments: They seem to be degrading but there are no cobwebs any where near the windows they are in.
Did They Work: Yes
Name: Vicki
State: NE
Years used: 7
How many used: 24
Obtained: Grocery Store
Places where used: each room of my house,basements garage
Pest After: ants,spiders
Reduction Percentage:
Spiders: 100% Reduction
Cockroaches: Not Sure
Ants: 100% Reduction
Slugs: Not Sure
Crickets: Not Sure
Fleas: 100% Reduction
Date Obtained: September
Any initial activity? No
Started Working?: One Day
Duration of Effect: One Month
How widespread: Widespread, throughout the house
Place them on a container? Always
General Comments: got my mother to try them ..she has past it on to others..never see a spider again with them...
Did They Work: Yes