Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock a reminder that Native peoples

a reminder that Native peoples were drying persimmons into cakes long before the botanists arrived

so the tree carries color without depending on the usual autumn display

after centuries in cultivation the species has produced no garden cultivars worth keeping

oleander is poisonous but not likely to be ingested except by beach goers who choose oleander sticks to cook wieners

We later lost our stock and got the clone back from Mike Creel

Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock a reminder that Native peoplesQuercus acerifolia is one of the rarest oaks in North America, and one of the most quietly beautiful. The name says the first thing you notice: acerifolia means maple leaved, and the upper leaves really do look like a sugar maple's, often as wide as they are long, cut into three to five sharp, glossy lobes that turn deep red and burgundy in fall. A close relative of the Shumard oak, maple leaf oak grows as anything from a stunted, multi trunked shrub