Description
These are BARE ROOTED plants which can be planted from the end of October until May and will be dispatched as soon as the weather turns cold and they become dormant.The dispatch date depends on the Autumn temperature and varies from year to year. A native wild tree producing excellent timber and squirrel food in winter with lovely acorns.Growing DetailsCommon Name: English oakGenus: QuercusSpecies: roburSkill Level: BeginnerExposure: Full sun, Partial shadeHardiness: HardySoil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Acidic, DryHeight: 3500cmSpread: 2500cmDescriptionA large deciduous tree 25-35 m tall (exceptionally to 50 m), with lobed and nearly sessile (very short-stalked) leaves 7-14 cm long. Flowering takes place in mid spring, and their fruit, called acorns, ripen by the following autumn. The acorns are 2-2.5 cm long, pedunculate (having a peduncle or acorn-stalk, 3-7 cm long) with one to four acorns on each peduncle.It is a long-lived tree, with a large widespreading crown of rugged branches. While it may naturally live to an age of a few centuries, many of the oldest trees are pollarded or coppiced, both pruning techniques that extend the tree's potential lifespan, if not its health.
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