Product Overview
These grand oaks, endemic to California's interior valleys and foothills, are the largest species of oak in North America (60-100ft tall and 50ft wide), and a host plant to a variety of butterflies. Adapted to wet, cool winters and hot, dry summers, but require access to abundant groundwater year round. The branches on these stately trees arch and spread erratically, forming dramatic winter silhouettes above 3-6ft diameter (or larger) trunks, which are thickly covered with attractive, steely-grey bark, often likened to alligator hide. When crushed or rubbed, the 2-4in velvety, green, and deeply lobed leaves are fragrant with a pleasant, earthy scent. S/M-D
