Heritage Oak

Category: ST
Botanical name: Quercus x macdanielii
Height: 50
Width: 40
Water requirements: Low
Sunlight: Full sun
Lowest hardiness zone for growth: 4
Shape: pyramida
Growth rate: Slow
Bloom time: May to June
Level of maintenance: Low
Potential diseases: Oaks are susceptible to a large number of diseases, including oak wilt, chestnut blight, shoestring root rot, anthracnose, oak leaf blister, cankers, leaf spots and powdery mildew. Potential insect pests include scale, oak skeletonizer, leaf miner, galls, oak lace bugs, borers, caterpillars and nut weevils. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, chinkapin oak is generally considered to be a low-maintenance, long-lived tree.