As a child I grew up in South East Georgia and I was always in awe of the majesticy of this OAK TREE and the hanging moss. If they could speak to human beings what would their truthful narrative be of the things that they have witness in this Southern Hemisphere? I wonder if some have been used to hang " Strange Fruits"!!
I have one up in Maryland zone 7B/8A. It has survived low teens, but does lose most of its leaves. Very slow growing. From a distance mine looks like a young olive tree. Love it.
If you haven't already been, you need to come to Conway, SC. Many of our live oaks are named. And the modern streets have been built around. A Beautiful sight to behold!
Magnificent doesn’t even begin to describe those trees. I was privileged to observe some while in the Houston area over the Thanksgiving break. Great video Jim. Much appreciated!!
I visited the Angel Oak near Charleston, SC, years ago. It’s also estimated to be 400-500 years old. I can only imagine what trees like that have seen.
My absolute favorite of all trees. I grew up along the SE coast and this tree is iconic along with their spanish moss. I grew up near the Angel Oak in SC. Unfortunately they can't grow in middle TN. Otherwise I would have planted them.
I have 3 of these planted on my property! I don’t care if they drink every drop of water and sunshine when they grow up, their shade makes summer in SE Georgia tolerable. They grow super fast down here. Mine put on 3 feet every year easily, and there are 20 year old ones in our neighborhood that are already 50 feet tall 💚
I thought our black walnut was old ! I do think though that I would much prefer a live oak if we were able to grow them, much smaller nuts, I call black walnuts ankle breakers. ❄️⛄️🎄💚🙃
Hey Jim thanks for the extremely knowledgeable content, I'd love to hear about heritage birch. I'm thinking of replacing a red oak that seems to have incurable leaf spots with an heritage birch.
I live in Wilmington,NC, and there are many, many big live oaks in the area. There is the Airlie Oak in Airlie Gardens. There are several on my street and in the development where I live. Given how these oaks look, I’ve often wondered if a pile of little acorns got buried, sprouted into little saplings and grew together in a multi trunk tree. Just curious.
I have come to the conclusion that the broadleaf evergreens that are already native to the United states are some of the most hardy out of any broadleaf evergreen from any other continent
Nice trees but something needs to be said about how overplanted it is in Florida. It's a veritable monoculture, especially for street trees. If there's ever a major pest or disease for those that causes widespread mortality, Florida isn't going to have any trees left in cultivation other than the exotics and palm trees that everyone has to plant. It's time to add some other trees into the mix at this point.
As a child I grew up in South East Georgia and I was always in awe of the majesticy of this OAK TREE and the hanging moss. If they could speak to human beings what would their truthful narrative be of the things that they have witness in this Southern Hemisphere? I wonder if some have been used to hang " Strange Fruits"!!
I have one up in Maryland zone 7B/8A. It has survived low teens, but does lose most of its leaves. Very slow growing. From a distance mine looks like a young olive tree. Love it.
If you haven't already been, you need to come to Conway, SC. Many of our live oaks are named. And the modern streets have been built around. A Beautiful sight to behold!
Indeed
I too live in Conway and the live oaks are awesome! I have one of my very own too! :)
Amazing to see palms under planted
Thank you Jim and Stephany. ❄️⛄️🎄💚🙃
Gorgeous tree, it reminds me of the Banyan trees in Hawaii! ❄️⛄️🎄💚🙃
Magnificent doesn’t even begin to describe those trees. I was privileged to observe some while in the Houston area over the Thanksgiving break. Great video Jim. Much appreciated!!
I’ve got a 100 year old water oak that I wish was a live oak lol
Great video as always 💚
I visited the Angel Oak near Charleston, SC, years ago. It’s also estimated to be 400-500 years old. I can only imagine what trees like that have seen.
My absolute favorite of all trees. I grew up along the SE coast and this tree is iconic along with their spanish moss. I grew up near the Angel Oak in SC. Unfortunately they can't grow in middle TN. Otherwise I would have planted them.
Companions with japanese camelia, and formosa azalea fantastic
My parents had one of these in front of their former beach home in Shallotte NC. Not quite as old as the one in this video.
I have 3 of these planted on my property! I don’t care if they drink every drop of water and sunshine when they grow up, their shade makes summer in SE Georgia tolerable. They grow super fast down here. Mine put on 3 feet every year easily, and there are 20 year old ones in our neighborhood that are already 50 feet tall 💚
Angel Oak in Johns Island, S.C. is aMAzing!!!]
We have a named oak here where I live in Jacksonville, Florida! It’s called the Treaty Oak, estimated to be about 250 years old and 145 feet wide
I thought our black walnut was old ! I do think though that I would much prefer a live oak if we were able to grow them, much smaller nuts, I call black walnuts ankle breakers. ❄️⛄️🎄💚🙃
Hey Jim thanks for the extremely knowledgeable content, I'd love to hear about heritage birch. I'm thinking of replacing a red oak that seems to have incurable leaf spots with an heritage birch.
I live in Wilmington,NC, and there are many, many big live oaks in the area. There is the Airlie Oak in Airlie Gardens. There are several on my street and in the development where I live. Given how these oaks look, I’ve often wondered if a pile of little acorns got buried, sprouted into little saplings and grew together in a multi trunk tree. Just curious.
I have come to the conclusion that the broadleaf evergreens that are already native to the United states are some of the most hardy out of any broadleaf evergreen from any other continent
Nice trees but something needs to be said about how overplanted it is in Florida. It's a veritable monoculture, especially for street trees. If there's ever a major pest or disease for those that causes widespread mortality, Florida isn't going to have any trees left in cultivation other than the exotics and palm trees that everyone has to plant. It's time to add some other trees into the mix at this point.