English Oaks

[Teeder]

Ya, it's all tracked up with scrapes, too.
I see deer under them every evening and morning.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I wonder if a more northern source would be better?

I know @bwoods11 has a handful of schuettes that should be firmly in 4a at least. I think he's used both kellys (IA) and Itasca as sources.

Itasca greenhouse just has bur, red, and swamp white listed right now but they claim their SWO are from a northern MN source.

The bur/english acorns I planted from @b116757 made it through their first winter well on border of 4a/4b but they had a lot of insulating snow all winter.

 

[b116757]

Itasca MN is in zone 3 so wonder if they can’t actually overwinter the SWO themselves at the nursery.

 

[paleopoint]

Teeder: "Ya, it's all tracked up with scrapes, too."

True that!
I haven't visited all of them....but nearly every EO that I have seen has a scrape underneath it.
That is a phenomena that I've noticed for the last several years.
That's not to say that other trees ...mulberries, apples, crabs, etc. .....don't experience scraping activity. They do.
But with at least my EO's, with my local herd, they seem to be sort of the most popular of the local 'pick-up bars'.

Also of note, I put a camera up for a single night by an EO behind one of my barns...maybe 100yds behind.
I did it because that particular scrape was getting big and deep. Clearly it was 'high intensity'.

So I put the cam over it.....and I got: One very nice 3yr old buck, and maybe 7 or 8 does (hard to tell 'em apart).
The does were...at least on that single night....the most active of that scrape's participants.

Who knew?

 

[Teeder]

Check these acorns out. This tree is one that i started from an acorn from my English trees "1" or "2". The leaves are very English like, but turn red in the fall. It may be my imagination, but it seems like they have more finger-like lobes than the other English. I have close to 50-60 English oaks, but only 2, that I started at the same time, have red leaves in the fall. My guess is they have some white oak in them, but I don't know of a white oak anywhere near here.
The acorns have a pinkish hue to them. Different than typical English. The individual leaves are from the 2 trees in question. The 3 sets of leaves on the tailgate show the slight difference in the leaves and acorns with the normal English on the right.

This year's color. My other "English" are still mostly green with a little dingy yellow-brown starting.

 

[Teeder]

Check these acorns out. This tree is one that i started from an acorn from my English trees "1" or "2". The leaves are very English like, but turn red in the fall. It may be my imagination, but it seems like they have more finger-like lobes than the other English. I have close to 50-60 English oaks, but only 2, that I started at the same time, have red leaves in the fall. My guess is they have some white oak in them, but I don't know of a white oak anywhere near here.
The acorns have a pinkish hue to them. Different than typical English. The individual leaves are from the 2 trees in question. The 3 sets of leaves on the tailgate show the slight difference in the leaves and acorns with the normal English on the right.

I will have a few of these acorns available this year if anyone is interested.

 

[Angus 1895]

Sign me up please !

 

[blueKYstream]

If you have any leftover, I'd love to get some.

 

[MikeMc]

Found 2 English oak in a park near work. I could only see three acorns on it. The acorns are the same yellow color as the white oaks, I wonder if that means similar drop time.

There’s 2 regal prince in the same park with a lot of green acorns.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I walk past this little guy every time I’m at my employers office in CO and I wish it were on my land.

 

[Teeder]

They sure do put out a lot.

 

[Teeder]

I will have a few of these acorns available this year if anyone is interested.

Bumping this up. I'll have a bunch if anyone else is interested.

Unusual bark on this one, too.

 

[blueKYstream]

I ended up taking a trip to the local arboretum to collect some acorns. I don't know a ton about these two English oak varieties, but they were both dropping heavy, particularly the Fastigiata. It was an older tree though.

 

[Electrodigical]

The idea of planting something that might produce in my lifetime is certainly appealing. Even if I don't get to take advantage of it, at least being able to see other family members do so would be nice.

I plan on planting some local oaks anyway, but know I'll never see them mature. Ironic that they grow all over my yard, they grow everywhere I don't want them, but where I'd like them to be there are none. Now that I think about it, it's just like my hair. :)

 

[Teeder]

Here's one of my English x white crosses. Started the nut in late February and it's near the top of a 5' tube in 1 growing season.

 

[Teeder]

My tree #1 is really kicking in.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Here's one of my English x white crosses. Started the nut in late February and it's near the top of a 5' tube in 1 growing season.

Are you saying it was planted THIS Feb?! You folks in more hospitable places sure seem to get things growing fast!

 

[Teeder]

Are you saying it was planted THIS Feb?! You folks in more hospitable places sure seem to get things growing fast!

Yes, started in my basement late February.