Common Prickly Ash Live Seedlings 5 Pack
Common Prickly Ash Live Seedlings 5 Pack | Zanthoxylum americanum | Native Host Plant | Giant Swallowtail Plant | Plug Grown
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Back to buying optionsCommon Prickly Ash Live Seedlings 5 Pack | Zanthoxylum americanum | Native Host Plant | Giant Swallowtail Plant | Plug Grown
🌿 Common Prickly Ash – 5 Live Plug-Grown Seedlings
Add a valuable native shrub to your landscape with Common Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum americanum). This adaptable woody plant is especially valued by wildlife gardeners because it serves as a host plant for Giant Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars.
You will receive 5 young, actively growing plug-grown seedlings from a Pennsylvania ecotype.
🌱 What You’ll Receive
- 5 Live Common Prickly Ash Seedlings
- Botanical name: Zanthoxylum americanum
- Pennsylvania ecotype
- Plug-grown starter plants
- Approximate plug size: 1" diameter × 2" deep
- Young, actively growing seedlings
- True-to-name species
- Grown by a licensed and inspected nursery
🦋 Giant Swallowtail Host Plant
Common Prickly Ash is a larval host plant for the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, making it an excellent choice for gardeners interested in supporting butterfly life cycles and native wildlife.
Adult butterflies may lay eggs on suitable plants, and the developing caterpillars feed on the foliage.
🌿 Native Landscape Value
Common Prickly Ash is a North American native woody species with an adaptable growth habit. It can work well in:
- Native plant gardens
- Wildlife gardens
- Butterfly gardens
- Naturalized landscapes
- Woodland edges
- Habitat plantings
- Native hedgerows
Once established, it can tolerate a range of growing conditions, including less-than-ideal soils.
❤️ Fruit & Seasonal Interest
Mature plants can develop attractive reddish fruit clusters, adding seasonal color and wildlife interest to the landscape.
For reliable fruit production, your source recommends planting at least two plants. This 5-pack gives buyers multiple seedlings for establishing a group planting.
Seed-grown plants naturally vary genetically, which is normal for seedlings.
📏 Plant Size
Quantity: 5 seedlings
Plug Size: Approximately 1" diameter × 2" deep
Plant Type: Woody native shrub/small tree
Propagation: Plug-grown seedlings
Ecotype: Pennsylvania
Botanical Name: Zanthoxylum americanum
Because these are starter plugs, make sure your listing photos show the actual shipping size—not only mature shrubs or fruiting specimens.
