White oaks are slow growers but will mature into exceptional shade trees.

Features leathery leaves that are 2–5" long and persist to the following spring, dropping when new leaves begin to unfurl. The leaves are a glossy, dark green on top with a paler underside that is often covered with fine down.

When you see the leaves of willow oak, it is no surprise that it carries that name.

Drops its leaved in the fall near the northern climates. Acorns fall in autumn and serve as a food source for many animals. Southern live oaks are fast-growing trees, but their growth rate slows with age. They may reach close to their maximum trunk diameter within 70 years. The oldest live oaks in the country are estimated to be between several hundred to more than a thousand years old.

Hi Barbara.

May 19, The leaves grow in thickly and hang on the tree until spring, when they yellow and fall. Its beauty aside, the live oak is a tough, enduring specimen that can live for several hundred years if planted and cared for correctly.

However, the tree is vulnerable to the fatal oak wilt disease, spread by insects and infected pruning tools. Jul 14, Using Oak Trees for Late Fall Foliage Pin Oak. Pin oak trees (Quercus palustris) grow in USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8, and their foliage can turn a deep red White Oak (Quercus alba). Growing in hardiness zones 3 to 9, white oak trees (Quercus alba) get their common name from Northern Red Oak Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.

Sep 01, Live oaks naturally shed leaves in summer, so as long as the leaves are green and healthy, there's no need to worry! But if the fallen leaves are discolored or look unhealthy, that could mean a pest or disease.

Oak wilt is a common one. First, leaves turn yellow, then brown right before they fall off starting at the top of the tree. Mar 30, As spring comes to many parts of Texas, so does an interesting phenomenon. In March through early May of every year, we get calls for help with “dying” oak trees. The yellowing and scorched leaves often result in defoliation (dropping of leaves). Many believe that this is a result of some disease.

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you see it) this is a natural occurrence in Texas live oaks.