quercis macrocarpa, Burr Oak

I planted 100 two foot tall burr oaks in a small tree nursery I started last
spring.  Even though burr oak is not native to Delaware I thought I would
give them a try anyway. I also planted 100 Dawn Redwoods and they have
turned out to be a very fast growing tree. 400 other assorted trees were
also planted last spring and I hope to add another 5 or 6 hundred this
spring. I plan on buying a 44 inch tree spade when the first of these trees
gets to saleable transplanting size and a larger tree spade several years
after that. I am thinking seriously about growing Japanese Maples, too.
Believe it or not we have 3 live oaks growing here in Delaware about 15
miles away. They are one foot in diameter and 45 feet tall. I collect
several hundred acorns and planted them  a month or so ago. We are just a
bit north of live oak so it will be interesting to see how these seedlings
turn out.

Dan Nelson

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hosta-open@mallorn.com
[o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Bev
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:40 AM
To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: just useless data


Bob,
The way I keep them straight is, the white oaks have leaves with very
rounded tips, the red oaks are very pointed.
Bev
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob" <bobaxe@sbtek.net>
To: <hosta-open@mallorn.com>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: just useless data


> Meum71@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I like Bur Oaks very much-thick corky bark and large-round lobed leaves.
> HI Paul
> I have collected and started about 1/2 dozen different oak species in
> the past 20 years and burr oaks are my favorites for the very reasons
> you have listed. I think they make nice landscape trees.
> I will have to wander out there tomorrow with my camera and see if they
> still have the acorns on them since either white or red oaks take two
> years for the acorns to develop and this was the first year I noticed
> little acorns on them.
> I can never keep the two families straight.
> --
> Bye
> Bob             Bob Axmear  208 2nd St Ne  Waukon, Ia 52172
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