Osage orange can be a go-to tree for difficult urban sites because they grow in all types of cultural conditions, including poor soils with little native fertility. The tree is also not ...

Osage orange is a small to medium-sized tree or large shrub, planted across the United States for hedges, ornamental use, and shade. Originally it was found in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Like its wood, Osage orange is an extremely tough tree capable of surviving a wide range of environmental conditions and can be long-lived. According to the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage ...

During the 1930s, Osage Orange trees were transplanted from regions like Oklahoma and Arkansas to Nebraska to combat soil erosion. Since then, they have been planted across the U.S.

Osage oranges look like a cross between a neon green brain and a baseball. The curious fruits went into a crystal bowl in our dining room, a tradition I’ve kept up ever since.

There are several kinds of trees in the Skiatook area that have thorns. This note describes four of them. Black locust, Callery pear, chittamwood and Osage orange.

Two Osage orange trees were grown from cuttings collected from trees planted in 1865 in Springfield, Illinois, the hometown of President Abraham Lincoln. The trees are not expected to produce fruit.

Osage orange’s qualities extend well beyond corralling cattle and other livestock. Its tight grain makes the wood extraordinarily flexible, enough so that a bow made from the tree was worth a horse ...

The reason for this is that after the holidays you can soak the Osage oranges in water to remove the glitter and glue. Then you can compost the Osage oranges or try to grow your own tree.