Bur Oak
You're making an investment in your land — protect it. Each kit has a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block for one tree. The tube keeps deer and rabbits off and can double your growth rate; the fertilizer feeds the tree through its first season. Plant with a kit, follow the Growing Guide, and your trees are covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee.
What you're planting
- Drop Time
- Sept – Oct
- First Crop
- 8–15 years
- Produces
- Every year
- Pollination
- Plant 2 or more
- Zones
- 3–8
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil & Site
- Drought and poor soil tolerant, upland sites. pH 4.5–8.2.
- Size & Spacing
- 70–80ft+ · plant 25–35ft apart
Bur Oak
Heavy Acorn Producer + Rugged, Long-Lived Oak
Orders placed now are for Spring 2027 shipment
We take orders in advance and ship at the proper time for spring planting in your region — mid-December in the Deep South through the end of May up north. Pick your state under "When Will My Order Ship?" below and you’ll see your exact ship dates.
Get your order in now, we sell out early every season!
Bur Oak is one of the toughest and most dependable oaks you can plant. Known for its massive size and giant acorns, this oak is a magnet for deer and turkey in the fall. Being in the white oak family acorns are sweet with lower tannin levels than many other oaks, making them highly preferred.
Bur Oaks stand out for their adaptability to drought, upland sites, and poor soils. They thrive where other oaks struggle, giving you consistent mast production even in challenging conditions.
Mature trees can live for centuries, producing enormous crops of acorns that wildlife flock to every fall. Planting Bur Oak gives you a permanent legacy tree that will provide for wildlife for generations.
Plant each tree with one of our Survival Kits (a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block), follow our planting instructions, and it’s covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee. Full details here.
Size when shipped: 1yr old approx. 18-36in
Variety: Quercus macrocarpa
Time Till Production: 8–15 years
Acorn Size: 0.75–1.5 inch diameter
Height at Maturity: 70–80ft+
Spacing: 25–35ft
Zone: 3–8
pH Range: 4.5-8.2
Time to Plant: Early Spring or Fall
Pollination: Plant multiple oaks together for best pollination and crop consistency
Add Late Drop and keep chestnuts falling into December.
By November most acorns have been mopped up and the woods go quiet. Late Drop Hybrids are selected to drop Nov–late Dec, right when deer have the fewest options. Our recommendation: a 1:1 mix.
Questions we get about Bur Oak
We don't ship on the day you order. We take orders in advance and ship at the proper time for spring planting in each region — from mid-December in the Deep South through the end of May up north. Pick your state below to see your exact window. Orders placed after your region has already shipped go out within 5–10 business days.
A Tree Pro grow tube and a slow-release fertilizer block for one tree. The tube protects the seedling from deer and rabbits and can double its growth rate; the fertilizer block feeds the tree through its first growing season. Every tree we ship is already inoculated with beneficial mycorrhizae, so there's nothing else to add — plant it in the kit, follow the Growing Guide, and it's covered by our 1-Year Survival Guarantee.
Plant with a Survival Kit and we guarantee the tree for a full year. If a tree dies within one year of the day it's delivered, we'll issue you store credit for what you paid for it. You don't have to worry about spending your money on something that may or may not make it.
To be covered, plant each tree with one of our Survival Kits (a Tree Pro tube and a slow-release fertilizer block), keep the tube on, and follow our planting instructions. Email us photos and your order number within a year of delivery.
For all details and conditions, see here: 1-Year Survival Guarantee
