Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape
Quercus coccinea ~ Scarlet Oak-ServeScape

Quercus coccinea

Scarlet Oak

Regular price$38.70
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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Scarlet Oak is a large native deciduous tree with a straight trunk and an open rounded crown.  The deeply cut dark green foliage with bristle tipped lobes turns scarlet in fall.  The acorns have a deep bowl-shaped cups that cover half the acorn.  Best grown in full sun and sandy, dry to medium well-drained acidic soils.  

Quercus coccinea supports a wide variety of moths and butterflies, including: the Imperial Moth, Banded Hairstreak, Edward's Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak, White-M Hairstreak, Horace’s Duskywing, and the Juvenal’s Duskywing. 

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

Eastern US; GA Native

Height: 

50’ - 70’

Spread: 

40’ - 50’

Spacing: 

45’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Green

Season of Interest:

Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Highly susceptible to oak wilt, but resistant to chlorosis.  Problems including Leaf spots, anthracnose, canker, mildew, rust, wilts, rots, galls and numerous pests may occur.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensNaturalized AreasWildlife Gardens Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Crape MyrtleServiceberryMagnolia

IMAGES:  Photo by James St. JohnQuercus coccinea (scarlet oak) 1, (2) El GrafoQuercus coccinea ÖBG 09-07-16CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Anders LageråsScharlakanseklovCC BY-SA 3.0, (4) Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, Scarlet Oak (31193582651)CC BY 2.0, (5) Famartin2014-11-02 14 18 05 Scarlet Oak during autumn along Hunters Ridge Drive in Hopewell Township, New JerseyCC BY-SA 4.0, (6) CrusierQuercus coccinea barkCC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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