Shumard 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
- Oct – Feb (varies by tree)
- First Crop
- 8–12 years
- Produces
- Every year
- Pollination
- Plant 2 or more
- Zones
- 5–9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil & Site
- Acidic, well-drained. pH 5.0–7.0. Adapts to most soils.
- Size & Spacing
- 50–70ft · plant 20–35ft apart
Oak with varied drop time, can drop for 4-6 months straight
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!
Shumard Oak
Shumard oaks are one of the most highly recommended plantings by land managers and biologists when planting oaks for wildlife. They produce heavy crops of large acorns and have lengthy drop times. Individual trees vary in drop time ranging from October through February. This means if you plant a stand of Shumards you’re providing a food source that will provide attraction and nutrition for nearly half the year! Not many other mast producing trees can say that. Shumards also produce good timber value as well growing fast, tall, and straight. Grows fast and easily, adapts well, thrives in a variety of soils and pH conditions.
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.
Drop time: Oct-Feb varies by individual tree
Growing zones: 5-9
Soil type: Acidic well drained, adapts well to most soils
pH: 5.0-7.0
Sun: Full sun
Pollination: Needs at least 2 trees for pollination
Size when shipped: 1yr old approx. 18-36in
Spacing: 20-35ft
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 Shumard 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
