Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Fresh Drought tolerant in coastal gardens

Drought tolerant in coastal gardens

root hardy to at least 5F

but easily sheared to shape

Summer water

Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Fresh Drought tolerant in coastal gardensThe famed cork oak from the savannas of southwestern Europe, indeed used for repeated harvest of the real thing! Coming from our mirror climate, this makes a most beautiful and useful street or garden tree, reaching an eventual 50 ft, with thickened, orangey bark and rounded, evergreen leaves, somewhat shedding briefly in early spring as the new leaves emerge. (By the way, pigs love the acorns just saying.) Accepts a fair amount of garden water but