# Nut & Fruit Trees

> Pecan, hickory, walnut, pawpaw, persimmon and other native food trees.

Blue Whale Trees, a native tree nursery in the United States. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/nuts-fruit/?q=carya

Seventy-one native food plants fall into three groups. [Northern pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/index.html.md), [black walnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-walnut/index.html.md), eleven hickories and American beech are among those for nuts. [Pawpaw](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pawpaw/index.html.md), [American persimmon](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-persimmon/index.html.md), [red mulberry](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-mulberry/index.html.md), the plums, the hawthorns and the crabapples are among those for fruit, and [American hazelnut](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/american-hazelnut/index.html.md) and beaked hazelnut make both a hedge and a crop. Thirty-one of the seventy-one need a second tree, or a male among the females, before they bear, and twenty-five more bear better with one nearby. Each page says which, and the [pollination planner](https://bluewhaletrees.com/tools/pollination/index.html.md) counts it for you. American hazelnut bears at 2 to 3 years and persimmon at 4 to 9. Sizes run from a knee-high pawpaw to pecans and hickories of 100 feet and more, hardy from USDA zone 2 to zone 10 depending on the species. All are sold as saplings, eighteen of them also as nuts and fifty-three as seed to sow. The [Native Edible Orchard](https://bluewhaletrees.com/bundles/edible-orchard/index.html.md) bundle puts pawpaw, persimmon, plum, pecan and hazelnut together with black chokeberry. [Native fruit and nut trees to grow and eat](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/native-fruit-and-nut-trees/index.html.md) says when each starts to bear and whether to plant a seedling or a grafted tree.

12 of 423 plants matching "carya". Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest price for sale, a plant size's first and a packet's apart, or Sold out for a priced plant with nothing for sale, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Northern Pecan](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pecan/index.html.md) | *Carya illinoinensis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 70–100 | 5–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya ovata* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–90 | 4–9 | Full | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Mockernut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/mockernut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya tomentosa* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Pignut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pignut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya glabra* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Shellbark Hickory (Kingnut)](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/shellbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya laciniosa* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–80 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Nutmeg Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/nutmeg-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya myristiciformis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 80–100 | 7–9 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Sand Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/sand-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya pallida* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 40–100 | 5–9 | Full | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Black Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/black-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya texana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Medium tree | 30–80 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Bitternut Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bitternut-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya cordiformis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 50–80 | 4–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Red Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/red-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya ovalis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 60–100 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry, Wet | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Scrub Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/scrub-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya floridana* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Small tree | 10–30 | 8–10 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |
| [Southern Shagbark Hickory](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/southern-shagbark-hickory/index.html.md) | *Carya carolinae-septentrionalis* | Nut & Fruit Trees | Large tree | 70–125 | 5–8 | Full, Part | Average | Saplings, Nuts | ask |