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Selecting Landscape Plants: Shade Trees

English oak (Quercus robur)

Large trees

• Maximum height
  60 feet
• Relative growth rate
  Good
• Freedom from insect pests
  Good
• Freedom from disease problems
  Excellent
• Resistance to storm damage
  Excellent
• Will grow on poorly drained soil
  Poor
• Will grow in hot, dry areas
  Good
• Easy to transplant
  Good
• Withstands city conditions
  Good

This is a fast-growing, clean tree with few insect and disease problems. The only varieties of English oak generally available in nurseries are the columnar types with a very narrow crown. English oak is one of the best of the columnar trees.

G6800, revised June 2008

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