# Classic Oaks

> White, red, bur, pin and the other oaks every yard and woodland knows, grown from seed for shade and for the wildlife their acorns feed.

Nine oaks every woodland and yard knows, from [white oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-oak/index.html.md) and [bur oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bur-oak/index.html.md) to [pin oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-oak/index.html.md) and [willow oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/willow-oak/index.html.md), with [live oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/live-oak/index.html.md) for the warm South. They grow 40 to 80 feet tall, and the group covers USDA zones 3 to 10 depending on the species. Every one is offered as a sapling and as [acorns to sow](https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/acorns-and-seed/index.html.md). Saplings ship while dormant, in spring and fall. Acorns ship whenever they are in stock, and [white-oak-group acorns](https://bluewhaletrees.com/articles/red-oaks-and-white-oaks/index.html.md) should be planted the week they arrive.

9 of 364 plants. Web version: https://bluewhaletrees.com/shop/classic-oaks/. Each plant links to its own Markdown page with the full facts, description and growing guide.

Columns: Zones are the USDA hardiness zones the plant takes, from the coldest to the warmest it is rated for (zone 2 is the coldest, 10 the warmest); Height is mature height in feet; Sun and Soil list every condition the plant takes; Grown from is what the nursery offers it as (saplings, or acorns, nuts or seed to sow); Price is the lowest current price, or "ask" when the plant is not yet priced online (email captain@bluewhaletrees.com or join the waitlist on the web page).

This table accepts the shop's filters as query parameters on this address: size (shrub, small-tree, medium-tree, large-tree), sun (full, part, shade), moisture (dry, average, wet), zone (2 to 10), native (a state's two-letter code in capitals, such as PA: the plants native to that state by the USDA PLANTS records), want (a trait: flowers, fall-color, wildlife, honey, edible, evergreen, rare, drought, wet-tolerant, shade, early-bearing, screening, nitrogen-fixing, salt, winter-interest, street-tree, erosion-control; rare means uncommon in the wild or in nurseries, honey a nectar source for bees), as (acorns, seed, nuts, saplings) and q (a search word). Several values may be joined with commas.

| Plant | Botanical name | Group | Type | Height (ft) | Zones | Sun | Soil | Grown from | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/white-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus alba* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 50–80 | 3–9 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Chestnut Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chestnut-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus montana* | Classic Oaks | Medium tree | 50–70 | 4–8 | Full, Part | Dry, Average | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Bur Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/bur-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus macrocarpa* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 60–80 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Chinquapin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/chinquapin-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus muehlenbergii* | Classic Oaks | Medium tree | 40–60 | 3–8 | Full | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Swamp White Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/swamp-white-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus bicolor* | Classic Oaks | Medium tree | 50–60 | 3–8 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Live Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/live-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus virginiana* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 40–80 | 7–10 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Northern Red Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/northern-red-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus rubra* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 50–75 | 3–8 | Full, Part | Average, Dry | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Pin Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/pin-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus palustris* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 50–70 | 4–8 | Full | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |
| [Willow Oak](https://bluewhaletrees.com/plants/willow-oak/index.html.md) | *Quercus phellos* | Classic Oaks | Large tree | 40–75 | 5–9 | Full, Part | Average, Wet | Saplings, Acorns | ask |