Southern Live Oak
About Southern Live Oak
Live Oak is a medium-sized showy long-lived evergreen tree that may grow 40 to 80 feet tall. It is found in the coastal plains of VA, NC and southward along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It has a broad crown, rarely grows over 50 feet tall with gnarled branches reaching out to 40 to 100 feet wide. It produces a 3/4-inch acorn with a warty cap that covers about 1/3 of the nut.
Taxonomy
Quercus virginiana
Quercus
Fagaceae
Fagales
Also known as
Texas live oak and Live oak
How to care for Southern Live Oak
How often to water your Southern Live Oak
every 9
Southern Live Oak needs 0.5 cups of water every 9 when it doesn’t get direct sunlight and is potted in a 5" pot.
Use our water calculator to personalize watering recommendations to your environment or download Greg for more advanced recommendations for all of your plants.
Water 0.5 cups every
9
Finding light for Southern Live Oak in your home
a window
Southern Live Oak love being close to bright, sunny windows 😎.
Place it less than 1ft from a south-facing window to maximize the potential for growth.
Southern Live Oak does not tolerate low-light 🚫.
Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Southern Live Oak in your home 🏡.
How to fertilize Southern Live Oak
Most potting soils come with ample nutrients which plants use to produce new growth.
By the time your plant has depleted the nutrients in its soil it’s likely grown enough to need a larger pot anyway.
To replenish this plant's nutrients, repot your Southern Live Oak after it doubles in size or once a year—whichever comes first.
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What am I doing wrong? Leaves turning yellow and dry on the edges and no new sprouts are growing. Is it dead? #BurOak
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Does anyone know what’s going on with Burr Oak tree?
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Some of its leaves are turning brown. Is this normal? #SouthernLiveOak
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My tree has some tiny brown bumps that look like eggs. Is it a bug? #SouthernLiveOak
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Does he look healthy? Finally repotted my oak today, it's been due for a while now, he does think it's spring, because he lives on top of a radiator, even tho we are just at the end of winter here. He is 3-4 years old now, grown from a acorn found outside #EnglishOak #oaktree #oakfern
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Can anyone identify what is wrong with my tree? #EnglishOak
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Please welcome: Mighty oak - we lifted an acorn from the ground for fun and then threw it into the ground for fun. two months later we almost cut him off because he looked like an arigula, we did cut him off and then we put the cut back there and he grew up back. The years will past you’ll be the big man somewhere in the forest🌱
Care Summary for Southern Live Oak
Southern Live Oak
Greg recommends:
Water
0.5 cups every 9 days
Placement
< 1ft from a window
Nutrients
Repot after 2x growth
Based on the 4” pot your plant is in, and that it doesn’t get direct sunlight.
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