This North American red oak is renowned for its scarlet, red autumn colours. The tree is also good for:

• Smaller gardens as this tree grows to only around 15m and is upright in shape
• the deciduous leaves are deeply lobed almost to the midrib up to 20cm long
• leaf colour is glossy green, and the brown leaves are retained into winter
• slender and slightly drooping branches
• moderate to slow growth
• shade is moderate to deep
• acorns are small falling every second year
• the bark is smooth and silver-grey
• for parks and gardens
• tolerates poor sandy soils, but not shade