Quercus georgiana SEEDS

Quercus georgiana seeds grow into the Georgia oak a rare, deciduous shrub or small tree with an extraordinarily restricted native range: central-southern North Carolina south to northern Alabama, with the core of the population concentrated on granite outcrops and rocky ridges in Georgia and adjacent states. Named after the state of Georgia where the type specimens were collected, this small oak is considered rare and of conservation concern across its limited range. It develops deeply lobed leaves that are smaller and more delicate than those of most other red-group oaks, and produces brilliant scarlet to deep crimson autumn colour that is outstanding given the tree’s compact scale. The granite outcrop habitat creates an extremely specialised ecological community. Family Fagaceae.

Full sun; adaptable to poor, thin, rocky and acidic soils; drought-tolerant; shrub to small tree. A collector’s rarity of conservation significance.

• Deeply lobed leaves smaller than other red-group oaks; brilliant scarlet-crimson autumn colour
• Shrub to small tree; compact ornamental scale; grey smooth bark
• CS. North Carolina to N. Alabama temperate biome; granite outcrop specialist
• Rare; conservation concern across restricted range; named after Georgia where type collected
• Full sun; poor rocky acidic soils; drought-tolerant; outstanding autumn colour

Quercus georgiana is one of the rarest American oaks the Georgia oak’s extraordinarily restricted range on granite outcrops from North Carolina to Alabama, brilliant autumn colour and conservation significance make it a collector’s species of genuine botanical interest and rarity.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.