Quercus imbricaria is a slow to medium fast growing oak, reaching 50 to 60 feet high, similar or larger spread. Mature trees are open, broad, and rounded. Leave are simple, oblong or lanceolate, not lobed. New foliage is red, summer […]
Quercus garryana ( Oregon White Oak )
Quercus garryana is a slow growing native oak from coastal British Columbia, to Oregon. It has an open irregular growth pattern, very distinctive, bark is deeply furrowed and ridged, gray-brown. Large specimens reach 75 feet tall, in rocky habitats there […]
Quercus coccinea ( Scarlet Oak )
This rounded, deciduous tree derives its name from the beautiful dark red fall foliage. Bark is pale gray-brown in scaly plates. Leaves are dark green, glossy, and eliptic with deep lobes ending in sharp tips. Tufts of hair in vein […]
Quercus canbyi ( Canby’s Oak )
Medium-sized evergreen tree with narrow-toothed leaves. This plant is drought tolerant. Great for small gardens. Full sun provides best growth results. Will tolerate high temperatures. Low maintenance, little pruning or fertilizing necessary.
Quercus aliena ( Oriental White Oak )
Quercus aliena is a spreading, deciduous tree with fissured, gray-brown bark; eggshaped, toothed and veined, glossy, bright green leaves, blue-green beneath. All Oaks are difficult to establish and slow to develop for 2 to 3 years after planting. Extra organic […]
Quercus acutissima ( Sawtooth Oak )
Quercus acutissima grows from 35 to 45 feet in height with a broad rounded form, wide spreading branches. New leaves emerge golden yellow, they lack the typical oak-leaf shape, are simple, dark green in summer, yellow to golden brown in […]
Oxytenanthera abyssinica ( Abyssinian Bamboo )
This species is native to Ethiopia. It has zigzag shaped culms that are bright green. Bamboo is a common term for a large number of giant grasses that include many different species and varieties. There are two main types of […]
Oxalis violacea ( Sorrel )
O. violacea has brown scaly bulb and palmate leaves and flowers of rosy purple in umbels of 3 to 10 on a 6 inch stem. Oxalidaceae is a genus of about 800 species. Many are tuberous, the leaves are usually […]
Oxalis magellanica ( Sorrel )
O. magellanica has bronze leaves and flowers in gleaming white. Oxalis is a genus of about 800 species. Many are tuberous, the leaves are usually three-lobed and clover-like. Both the leaves and flowers close up in dull weather and at […]
Oxalis lobata ( Sorrel )
O. lobata is a clump forming perennial that has bright green leaves and blooms with large funnel shaped flowers of golden yellow, spotted with red. O. Oxalis is a genus of about 800 species. Many are tuberous, the leaves are […]