This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Cork Oak

<I have a small Quercus suber plant that has been donated to me, and I am 
wondering where to plant it. The only book I have that mentions it, says it

grows to about 20m tall by 15m wide - pretty big. The question is, how long

does it take to get this size, or to put it another way, how big could I 
expect the tree to be in 20 years?>

  hello Tim,
I think you are going to have to wait awile before you can use it to bottle
your wine.  Very slow growing.  Very resistant to fire.  My books say to
15M, but here they are always found growing on poor acid soils and so
rarely get very big.  In better growing conditions they may grow faster and
taller, but acid soil is essential, I'd say.  I've only once seen one on
limestone, but I think soil had been brought in.  They will quite well
stand a bit of frost; the important thing being how long it freezes for!
  Eric PS there's a photo on my page:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/E_Rowe
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index