Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Shade Spring and summer chartreuse flowers

Spring and summer chartreuse flowers followed by black fruit in Autumn

HARDY ELEPHANT EAR

Hummingbirds love ‘em

Best with reliable summer water in any well drained soil

In early summer

Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Shade Spring and summer chartreuse flowersThe famed cork oak from the savannas of southwestern Europe, indeed used for repeated harvest of the real thing! Coming from our mirror climate, this makes a most beautiful and useful street or garden tree, reaching an eventual 50 ft, with thickened, orangey bark and rounded, evergreen leaves, somewhat shedding briefly in early spring as the new leaves emerge. (By the way, pigs love the acorns just saying.) Accepts a fair amount of garden water but