Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock after centuries in cultivation the

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

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

strongly vertical form grown as much for the deep blue flowers as for the kitchen

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

Pair with gingers

Quercus acerifolia 26/5 Restock after centuries in cultivation theQuercus 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