A tall, narrow oak with blazing fall color in red and orange, built for big shade impact in a clean, space-saving silhouette
FEATURES:
- Upright, columnar form that fits tighter spaces while still delivering true oak presence
- Fall color in red to orange tones for a fiery, high-impact autumn display
- Strong branching and structure for a tidy canopy and long-term landscape reliability
- Great street and driveway tree where you want height without a wide spread
- Durable shade tree that brings cooling canopy benefits as it matures
- A modern alternative to broad oaks for properties that need vertical emphasis
- Hand Selected; Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because the size of the tree - does not fit in a box.
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip:
Columnar trees are your best friend when you want a designed look fast. Use Chimney Fire Oak like a punctuation mark, place it where you need vertical emphasis, then balance it with mounded shrubs at the base. And if you plant more than one, keep spacing consistent for that clean, intentional rhythm that makes a landscape look professionally planned.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 45-60' tall
- Mature Width: 12-18' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 12-18' apart
Chimney Fire Oak
Bower & Branch Trees and Plants
Quercus x warei 'Chimney Fire'
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A tall, narrow oak with blazing fall color in red and orange, built for big shade impact in a clean, space-saving silhouette
FEATURES:
- Upright, columnar form that fits tighter spaces while still delivering true oak presence
- Fall color in red to orange tones for a fiery, high-impact autumn display
- Strong branching and structure for a tidy canopy and long-term landscape reliability
- Great street and driveway tree where you want height without a wide spread
- Durable shade tree that brings cooling canopy benefits as it matures
- A modern alternative to broad oaks for properties that need vertical emphasis
- Hand Selected; Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because the size of the tree - does not fit in a box.
Bower & Branch Landscape Design Tip:
Columnar trees are your best friend when you want a designed look fast. Use Chimney Fire Oak like a punctuation mark, place it where you need vertical emphasis, then balance it with mounded shrubs at the base. And if you plant more than one, keep spacing consistent for that clean, intentional rhythm that makes a landscape look professionally planned.
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 45-60' tall
- Mature Width: 12-18' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun
- Spacing: 12-18' apart
Why plant Chimney Fire Oak?
Chimney Fire Oak is for people who want a real shade tree but don’t have room for a canopy that spreads like it owns the neighborhood. This oak grows tall and narrow, giving you that strong, architectural silhouette, then adds a seasonal payoff with fall color in red to orange that looks like the canopy caught a sunset and decided to keep it.
It’s the best of both worlds: the legacy feel and durability of an oak, with a footprint that plays nicely in modern lots, along driveways, and in streetscape plantings. It brings structure in every season, shade in summer, and that fiery autumn moment that makes the whole yard feel more alive.
How to use Chimney Fire Oak in the landscape?
Use it as a vertical anchor in a front yard where the narrow form adds height and structure without crowding the home or walkways. It’s especially effective lining a driveway or street, where repeated plantings create clean rhythm and a strong “arrival” experience. In larger beds, place it behind lower shrubs and perennials so the tall silhouette reads clearly and the canopy becomes a seasonal highlight overhead. Pair it with deep green evergreens and ornamental grasses so the red to orange fall foliage looks even more intense and the landscape stays textural after leaf drop.
Frequently Asked Questions
Oaks do not have showy blooms. In spring they produce small, inconspicuous flowers (catkins) that aren’t ornamental. The main features are form, shade, and fall color.
The fall color is a fiery blend of red to orange tones, giving the tree a bold autumn display that stands out in the landscape.
Prune in late winter while dormant to remove dead, damaged, or crossing branches and to develop strong structure while the tree is young. Once established, it typically needs minimal pruning.
