Quercus coccinea Adam Turtle The tree is upright and

The tree is upright and twiggy

the great limbs sweeping out and often down to rest on the earth

This hybrid by Pedro Dot of Spain was introduced in 1927

so a single traveler is remembered twice over in the flora

hardy shrub reaching ten to twelve feet

Quercus coccinea Adam Turtle The tree is upright andThe name is a promise the tree keeps only at the very end of the year. Coccinea is Latin for scarlet, and scarlet oak earns it in late October, well after the other oaks have turned and dropped, when the whole crown ignites into a clean, carrying red that holds for weeks and can be seen across a valley. On a good tree in the right soil, this is the best fall color the genus offers, which is saying something. Scarlet oaks are trees of dry, sandy, acid