Shingle Oak

Shingle Oak

Quercus imbricaria

An ornamental oak with strong structure, wildlife value, and excellent long-term landscape performance.

  • Conical at a young age, becoming broadly oval with maturity
  • Narrow, oblong leaves are smooth-margined, glossy, and dark green
  • Insignificant flowers (catkins) are followed by rounded acorns
  • Acorns do not ripen until the following year
  • Fall foliage is a yellow-brown to red-brown
  • Commonly used for specimen, naturalizing
  • Grows best in full sun
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained
Drought Tolerant
Hardiness Zone
5 – 5
Mature Height (meters)
12.0 – 18.0
Mature Spread (meters)
12.0 – 18.0
Growth Rate
Medium
Foliage Colour
Red
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Pollinator Friendly
Attracts Birds
Landscape Uses
Accent, Mass planting
Growing & Maintenance Tips
An oak with an abnormally shaped leaf, this cultivar is best grown in a rich, fertile, well-drained soil.

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