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Oaks

A selection of oaks suitable for the Australian climate. With outstanding shade canopies and deep tap roots, oaks are long-lived protectors from the flammability of eucalyptic bushfires. Proven survivors, over 150 years in all parts of Australia.

A graceful evergreen shade tree with distinctive textured bark. Not only is this evergreen oak's creamy, spongy bark beautiful, it is used to seal the most precious of beverages - champagne!

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Unlike traditional English oaks the Mediterranean Holm oak will thrive in our dry climate. The dense canopy is formed of dark green leathery leaves, whose toothed margins are reminiscent of the Holly leaf. Can be kept ...

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One of the great landscape oaks, a wonderfully uniform tree that transplants easily, gives great autumn colour and can tolerate high levels of pollution.

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An attractive, wide spreading shade tree that grows well in a wide range of soil types and climatic conditions. Beautiful foliage colour throughout the seasons, going from golden in spring to dark green in summer and back ...

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SWAMP WHITE OAK

SWAMP WHITE OAK

Despite the name, the Swamp Oak grows well in drier gardens here in Australia. A generous and deep shade is the result of the thick and broad fire-retardant leaves that are glossy on top but have a silvery white ...

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ALGERIAN OAK - SOLD OUT 2018.

ALGERIAN OAK - SOLD OUT 2018.

The Algerian Oak is a found throughout the Mediterranean basin, forming a broad canopy of evergreen lobed leaves, similar to the English oak. Semi- deciduous in cooler climates. Dry tolerant and fire resistant; plant these ...

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ENGLISH OAK SUMMER BLACK TRUFFLE

ENGLISH OAK SUMMER BLACK TRUFFLE

The world famous English Oak now comes inoculated with summer Black Truffles. They also make great shade trees and survive drought and bushfires. 100-year-old specimens are a testament to their success. ...

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Rarely found in Australian gardens, the stately Scarlet oak is ablaze each autumn with intensely crimson leaves. The leaves have a dramatic jagged outline, and bring the best colour of all the deciduous oaks!

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A stately and majestic evergreen landscape tree, well suited to coastal and mid-latitude parts of Australia. A wide and spreading canopy is held up by twisting, character-filled limbs that give Live Oaks a majesty that ...

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