Cork oak, 30+ years from an acorn.

[PaulH]

I can't remember if I've shared this tree here before but Since I worked on it yesterday I thought I'd post it.
I grew this oak from an acorn I collected from a tree on the campus of my Alma Mater, U.C. Davis where I graduated in (yikes) 1974.
I wish I had early pictures but the first I have are after it was first styled and in a pot. A few years later I added nebari by approach grafting at the base to add roots.
Last winter we had some very cold, windy nights which caused some severe frost damage to the tree. I let it go wild this year until yesterday when I trimmed, re-wired, and removed the bottom right branch.

 

[nathanbs]

awesome!! What was going on with the soil in the first pic?

 

[PaulH]

awesome!! What was going on with the soil in the first pic?

Ugliness. That's all.

 

[dkraft81]

Thanks for the progression. Talk about commitment to a tree, 30 years, good job.

 

[Zach Smith]

I can't remember if I've shared this tree here before but Since I worked on it yesterday I thought I'd post it.
I grew this oak from an acorn I collected from a tree on the campus of my Alma Mater, U.C. Davis where I graduated in (yikes) 1974.
I wish I had early pictures but the first I have are after it was first styled and in a pot. A few years later I added nebari by approach grafting at the base to add roots.
Last winter we had some very cold, windy nights which caused some severe frost damage to the tree. I let it go wild this year until yesterday when I trimmed, re-wired, and removed the bottom right branch.

Fine work, Paul. It's not often you see a tree grown from seed that even survived 30 years, much less was well trained. Kudos.

Zach