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Live Oak Trees For Sale

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Live Oak Tree for Sale

A big, sprawling, picturesque tree, usually decorated with Spanish moss and strongly reminiscent of the old South, oak is one of the widest dissemination of the Oaks, providing large areas of deep, inviting shade. The live oak is the tree state of Georgia.

Reaching 40 to 60 feet tall, with a gap of 60 to 100 feet and usually with sinuous curves of many trunks and branches, oak is an impressive sight for any large-scale landscape. An amazingly durable American native, it can measure its lifetime in centuries if properly located and cared for in the landscape.

Live oak is usually pest-free. Occasionally mites infest the foliage, but they are of little concern in the landscape. There is some concern for a newly discovered Texas live oak decline. Galls cause homeowners much concern. There are many types and galls can be on the leaves or twigs of live oak. Most galls are harmless so chemical controls are not suggested.

Light requirement: tree grows in part shade/part sun; tree grows in full sun
Soil tolerances: clay; loam; sand; acidic; occasionally wet; alkaline; well-drained
Drought tolerance: high
Aerosol salt tolerance: high
Soil salt tolerance: moderate

Once established, Live Oak will thrive in almost any location and has very good wind resistance. Live Oak is a tough, enduring tree that will respond with vigorous growth to plentiful moisture on well-drained soil. Like other Oaks, care must be taken to develop a strong branch structure early in the life of the tree. Be sure to eliminate multiple trunks and branches which form a narrow angle with the trunk as these are likely to split from the tree as it grows older.

Best growth is made in moist, acid soil, sand, loam or clay, but the tree is amazingly adapted to drought. It also tolerates alkaline soil well. Young trees grow three feet each year and the trunk adds about one-inch in diameter under nursery conditions.

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From The Live Oak Tree Farm

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From the Farm

A field-grown live oak tree is planted into native soils, grown to a harvestable size, harvested prior to sale and transported to the job site. Field-grown live oak trees are referred to as balled and burlapped (B&B) because the root system is harvested and wrapped in burlap. Live oak trees are placed in wire baskets to support the root system and to make it possible to lift the live oak by the root ball rather than the trunk.

Many studies have been done to compare B&B Live Oak trees with container grown live oak trees after planting. One such study from the University of Florida Horticulture Department (1996) shows how B&B take to a new environment as long as certain root pruning and irrigation procedures are done in the nursery. Live oak trees in our field-grown nursery are maintained with drip irrigation, fertilizer, selective shoot pruning, and root pruning. Root pruning, drip irrigation and fertilizer help build a strong, dense root system, while selective pruning is used to guide the live oak tree into the desired form.

Our field-grown live oak trees are hardened-off or cured after harvesting. This hardening-off process lasts three to four weeks and it simply involves providing the live oak with optimum irrigation during the few weeks after harvesting. This step, as simple as it may seem, is crucial to the health and survivability of the live oak tree.

After the live oak tree is hardened-off it is ready to ship (see our shipping process page) to the landscape site. New roots that have begun to develop are ready to grow immediately into the landscape. These new roots growing outside of the burlap are a sign of quality. Our Quality Root System Guarantee reminds you of the care taken to assure the survival of our live oak trees in your landscape. Look for roots outside of the burlap, our QRS Guarantee assures that you are planting a quality hardened-off live oak tree.

Live Oak Trees Florida Georgia and Texas

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Live Oak Trees Florida Georgia and Texas

Savannah Georgia comes to mind when one thinks of live oak trees. The trees classic beauty of Spanish moss along the streets with historic homes before the war are unforgettable.

Live oak grows throughout the southeastern United States. Located on the east coast of southeastern Virginia to Florida and west to southern Texas and central. It grows mainly in sandy soils of low coastal areas but also grows in rich woods in wet or dry sand. It has a resistance to salt fog, sea salt and does well in the barrier islands.

Live oak is monoecious. This means they have male and female reproductive units in the same plant. They produce flowers each spring from March to May and the acorns ripen in September and fall in December. Live oak acorns are long, dark brown to black and tapered. They are sweet and very popular among birds and other animals.

If when the acorns fall and it is moist with warm soil, the acorn will germinate soon after the fall. Germination is the beginning of seed growth of the acorn. The leaves that develop during germination absorb the moisture that makes food available. The roots came after to find its own water to produce outbreaks. Seeds of live oak leaves remain below the soil surface and shoots sprout abundantly from the roots.

Encinas do not get very tall, rarely over 50 feet but the crown (or the extension) of the tree can have a length of 150 feet. It is a very popular shade tree because to this. Year oak wood is very tough and strong and was used for ship building long ago. The wood is not used today as it is mostly shade and ornamental trees.

Oaks have a tendency to grow in large dense groups with interconnecting roots that make it very susceptible to wilt disease of oaks that is a fungus. This fungus is spread from one oak to another through connected roots and is one of the most severe tree diseases. They kill hundreds of trees in Austin Texas each year in the patches because of its tendency to grow in forests. Certified arborists provide tree services Austin are very experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of wilting.

The wilting symptoms are usually found in the leaves develop yellow veins that turn brown and fall off the tree. The crown of the tree exits diluted until it dies. Wilting can be costly for the treatment and control and an accurate diagnosis is essential. An arborist certification services of trees should be contacted to ensure proper diagnosis and treatment.

Privacy Trees For My Yard

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Live Oak Privacy Trees

“I need some privacy trees!”

Looking out at my boring, flat green lawn is one thing but beyond that is the gorgeous road. Well… I would not call it gorgeous… more like ugly, and noisy! Then of course across the street are my neighbor’s houses which really do not make the best of views. Don’t get me wrong I live in a beautiful subdivision but I still feel that nagging desire to plant some nice privacy trees.

There are a variety of fast growing privacy trees at the local tree nurseries but none of them seem just right for me. I do not really have the patience to wait years to grow beautiful tall privacy trees. I also considered the more typical privacy shrubs trees style but I really have fallen in love with the idea of big shade privacy trees.

So my search for the best privacy trees begins and naturally, I turn to the internet for some inspiration! They have everything online after all and what better way to also find cheap privacy trees. My first thought was that I want to think about how I would go about landscaping privacy trees in my yard. My yard is fairly large in the front and purchasing mature trees might be best to avoid years of growing and waiting for large privacy trees.

My next step was researching good trees that are used for privacy in my region which happens to be in the south east United States. I wanted trees that provide privacy which also were easy to maintain and not easy to kill… I don’t have much of a green thumb! I admit I am instantly drawn to varieties of oak, especially those grand live oak trees that bring to mind old photographs of gorgeous southern plantation homes.

Digging in a little deeper in my search for the best trees to plant for privacy in my yard I find out there are three types of live oaks that a tree nursery provides. One is called a Highrise Live Oak tree and it is one of the more narrow privacy trees. Then there is a standard live oak which is allowed to develop naturally. Finally my favorite one which is called a Cathedral Live Oak which is tall and dense, perfect for blocking out noise and providing good privacy.

Now, I know what I want but I need to research where to buy privacy trees that deliver to my location and then of course a service which offers planting these privacy trees for me, since the trees would already be large, just what I want. Obviously this took me a while to do and I made several phone calls to compare cost but I finally settled on a company called Southern Pride Tree Farm out of this little town I never heard of before called Bell Florida.

They seemed to know more about their live oak trees than other nurseries and more importantly… assured me they would explain exactly how to care for it! Sigh of relief here, I hate to be a burden but I am just not great with live plants. All of the plants in my house are plastic. Now I am just waiting on my order which I am having delivered next week and I will update the blog when I get my new live oak privacy trees.

– A short story from a satisfied Southern Pride Tree Farm customer