Quercus ilicifolia Woodlanders Introduction Hardy in the ground in

Hardy in the ground in USDA zones 8 to 10 and easily wintered indoors farther north

and tidier than the tall cousins

for zones 8 to 10

The show is in the new growth

and rheumatism

Quercus ilicifolia Woodlanders Introduction Hardy in the ground inBear oak is the scrub oak of the barrens, a tough, thicket forming little oak that thrives exactly where good trees give up. Many branched and gnarled, usually a shrub or small tree well under twenty feet, the species clothes dry ridgetops, sandplains, and pine barrens across the Northeast, reaching south sparingly into the Carolinas, the small glossy leaves silvered beneath and the branches heavy in a good year with small, bitter acorns. The name is