- Name: Hedge Apple - Other Common Names: Osage Orange / Horse Apple / Monkey Ball - Scientific Name: Maclura Pomifera - Color: Bright Yellow - Green Fruit - Plant Seeds: Fall Sow Seeds Or Cold Stratify - Bloom Time: Spring - Harvest: Fall - Hardiness Zone: 4 - 8 - Plant Height: 20 - 50' - Plant Spacing: 30 - 40' - Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade - Soil Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 10 Seeds - Other: The Hedge Apple Is A Small Tree To A Large Shrub With Spiny Branches Interesting Bark. It Gets Its Name Because They?re Commonly Used As A Wind Break / Fence Row, Have Bright Yellow - Green Round 3 - 6" Fruit. Hedge Apples Have Bumpy Skin Rather Than Smooth Though. The Fruit Is Not Poisonous, But It?s Not Worth Eating Either. Lol. The Plant Has Many Other Uses. The Wood Is Dense, Is Used For Fence Posts Is Great For Fires Because It Is Slow Burning. The Plant Also Has Medicinal Properties, Is Used To Make Dyes, The Fruit Used Decoratively.