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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Provides winter interest
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors
Seed Collecting: Seed does not store well; sow as soon as possible
On Apr 6, 2008, Malus2006 from Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
The main reason why this species is not grown more often becomes clear when the leaves fall during fall - there are hundreds of woody galls that started out as growth on new twigs, making the trees look ugly. The galls lasted until the branches fall off, unlike leaf galls which fall off with the old leaves.
On Jan 14, 2006, ViburnumValley from Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) wrote:
Swamp white oak is a great plant. It is not often enough known and grown because other species have easier names to remember (pin oak, red oak, white oak, etc.) and are considered superior in fall color.
This is an exceptional plant for tolerance to a wide variety of conditions, from street tree environments; to dry hillsides on clayey soils; to floodplain bottomlands along creeks and rivers. It also is one of the easiest oaks to transplant that nobody knows about.
Swamp white oak is a very stately tree, with the broad spreading canopy of white or bur oak. The exfoliating bark on younger branches makes for an easy field ID feature.
On Sep 7, 2003, Glowclubbr from Silver Spring, MD wrote:
Grows up to 3 feet a year in the Windsor, Ontario region.
Keep base of plant free of weeds and turf for establishment.
It is drought-tolerant but also grows wild in flood plains. I have seen trees up to 100 feet tall. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED in all larger landscapes. It is also clay-tolerant, and makes a great street tree.
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