Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Shade Extremely collectable and often used

Extremely collectable and often used in traditional pot culture in Japan

Spring and summer chartreuse flowers followed by black fruit in Autumn

at least occasionally

excellent small hedge or barrier provides shelter and forage for birds

Hummingbirds love ‘em

Quercus suber - Sacramento 10/17/14 Shade Extremely collectable and often usedThe famed cork oak from the savannas of southwestern Europe, indeed used for repeated harvest of the real thing! Coming from our mirror climate, this makes a most beautiful and useful street or garden tree, reaching an eventual 50 ft, with thickened, orangey bark and rounded, evergreen leaves, somewhat shedding briefly in early spring as the new leaves emerge. (By the way, pigs love the acorns just saying.) Accepts a fair amount of garden water but