Pecan
Carya illinoinensis
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- Delivery to Greater Atlanta, GA, Greenville, SC & Tallahassee, FL area ONLY, within 5-7 business days. (Click HERE to see our Delivery Area Map)
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Pickup in 3-5 business days from our Switchyard in Chamblee, GA
(Mon/Wed/Fri 11am-4pm - 3708 N Peachtree Rd, Atlanta, GA)


For any tree or shrub that is sized larger than 10’ HEIGHT or 3” CAL, the customer will be required to provide offloading equipment or a contractor to offload unless paying for installation through ServeScape. We will coordinate delivery with you so that your contractor can have equipment ready upon your plant's arrival!
Pecan is a massive native deciduous tree with a spreading rounded crown and exfoliating bark. The compound green leaves turn yellow-brown in fall. Non-showy gendered spring catkins can give way to sweet husked nuts, but only starts producing after 8-10 years of age. Grows best in full sun and rich, moist well-drained soils.
Carya illinoinensis is a host plant for the Luna Moth and the Hickory Horned Devil.
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Origins: |
South Central N. America |
Height: |
75’ - 100’ |
Spread: |
40’ - 70’ |
Spacing: |
50’ |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
5 - 9 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Green |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Difficult to transplant due to taproot. Large trees can produce considerable litter with twigs, leaves, and nuts. No serious disease or pests. Hickory bark beetle, pecan weevil, borers and twig girdler can be problems in some areas. White heart rot, anthracnose, leaf blotch, powdery mildew, leaf spot, cankers, catkin blight, crown gall and scab are occasional diseases.
LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen planting or mass plantings, Woodland Garden, Naturalized Areas, Native Garden, and Shade Tree.
COMPANION PLANTS: Yellow Birch, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Bottlebrush Buckeye
IMAGES: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Pecan Tree - Flickr - treegrow, CC BY 2.0, (2) Brad Haire, University of Georgia, USA, Carya illinoinensis foliagenuts, CC BY 3.0 US, (3) Lazaregagnidze, Carya illinoinensis Pecan პეკანი (1), CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr 070205-4085 Carya pecan, CC BY 3.0, (5) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr 070112-3421 Carya pecan, CC BY 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.