Why Plant Sawtooth Oak?
One of the fastest-growing shade trees, Sawtooth Oak will bring lustrous foliage to your landscape! This majestic green brings bright yellow-green leaves in spring that transform to darken and glossy by summer. In fall, enjoy a golden show on full display! A disease-resistant beauty stands proudly as a legacy tree in your garden as the canopy grows to create the perfect summer picnic area! Even your local wildlife agrees as the acorns will bring life to the neighborhood!
The distinctive toothed edged leaves inspired its name, Sawtooth Oak. A native tree to Japan, Korea, China and beloved on the Himalayan Mountain Range, Sawtooth Oak was first introduced to America in 1862.
How to use Sawtooth Oak in the landscape?
Sawtooth Oak is seriously fast growing at a speed of 2 to 3 feet a year! It is an ideal shade tree in your landscape or you could line your driveway with these strong and sturdy trees!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 6-9
How To Plant Sawtooth Oak
You’ll want to plant your Sawtooth Oak in a sunny site where it will have no wires or obstructions overhead and plenty of elbow room. It isn’t fussy about soil and will be fairly drought tolerant once established. Because Sawtooth Oak holds its leaves in winter and is amenable to pruning, it can be maintained as a hedging or screening plant. Sawtooth Oak is susceptible to rounded growths called galls caused by mites or insects. These galls do no serious damage to the tree and are nothing to worry about.
How To Water
Sawtooth Oak will appreciate watering deeply, and regularly during its first few years in the ground. Irrigate weekly, and especially during long dry spells or extreme heat after it’s established.
How To Fertilize
When planting, fertilize with the Bower & Branch Elements Starter Plant Food to ensure your tree has all it needs for a great growing season. You can reapply this fertilizer each spring!
How To Prune
Due to the risk of Oak Wilt disease, it is best to prune your Sawtooth Oak between December and February—never while actively growing.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
