Transform your landscape with Quercus palustris, commonly known as the Pin Oak. Celebrated for its unique branching habit, vivid autumn color, and rapid growth rate, the Pin Oak is one of the most reliable, eye-catching shade trees you can plant. Whether you’re looking to create lush afternoon shade or add stunning seasonal contrast to your garden, our nursery-grown Pin Oak saplings are healthy, well-rooted, and ready to thrive in your yard.
🌿 Key Features & Benefits
-
🍂 Dramatic Autumn Foliage: Watch your garden light up in fall with brilliant shades of deep crimson, copper, and russet red.
-
⚡ Fast-Growing Shade Tree: Gains 13 to 24 inches per year, rapidly establishing a full canopy to lower summer cooling costs.
-
🏗️ Unique Architectural Shape: Features a strong central leader with upright upper branches, horizontal middle branches, and pendulous lower branches.
-
🛡️ Tough & Adaptable: Highly tolerant of wet, heavy clay soils and urban pollution where other oak varieties struggle.
-
🐦 Wildlife Magnet: Provides vital habitat and acorns for native birds, squirrels, and pollinators.
📊 Quick Plant Specifications
| Feature |
Specification |
| Scientific Name |
Quercus palustris |
| Common Name |
Pin Oak, Swamp Spanish Oak |
| Hardiness Zones |
Zones 4 – 8 |
| Mature Height |
50 – 70 feet |
| Mature Spread |
25 – 40 feet |
| Sunlight Needs |
Full Sun (6+ hours direct light daily) |
| Soil Preference |
Moist, acidic, well-drained soils (tolerates clay & wet ground) |
| Growth Rate |
Fast to Moderate |
