Mature Form (this variety)Mature Form (this variety)Chinkapin oak is the limestone oak. Most oaks go yellow on high pH ground. This one grows on it in the wild, straight out of the rock on Missouri glades and bluffs. The leaf looks like a chestnut, narrow with coarse teeth instead of lobes, dark green on top and silver underneath. Bark goes pale ashy grey and flaky. Acorns are small, dark and sweet enough that deer clean them up first.
Off-the-lot means you pick it up and plant it yourself. Planted means we deliver it, plant it right, and back it with our Year One warranty. Tap a price to add it to your list, then send the whole list to Matt in one request. Want several of one tree, or a mix? Add them all and Matt quotes the count.
What does "gallon" mean? It is the size of the container the tree is growing in, not how many trees you get. The bigger the number, the bigger and more established the tree you take home, so a 30 gallon tree gives you shade and privacy years sooner than a 15 gallon one.
Full warranty for one year after planting. This comes with any needed care and free check ups upon request. All needed treatments or pruning are included for first year. If tree fails to thrive, no cost replacement.
Picked, delivered, and planted by a Board Certified Master Arborist.
Follow-up visits through the whole first year, not a wave goodbye.
Deep root feeding and structural pruning while it takes hold.
That is the warranty. No fine print, no chasing us down.
Pick a spot with full sun. This one matures past 40 feet, so give it room: at least 20 feet from the house and 15 feet from other trees. Heavy Missouri clay is not a problem for this tree. Growth rate is medium, so you know what to expect season to season.
Not sure about your spot? Send us a photo of the yard with your quote request and we will tell you straight if it will work.
Water deeply once or twice a week through the first growing season, and step it up in July and August heat. Keep a 2 to 3 inch mulch ring around the base, pulled back from the trunk. Spring and fall are both good planting windows in mid-Missouri.
Or skip the checklist: have us plant it and Year One covers all of this. We feed it, prune it, and come back to check on it.
Request a quote and tell us where it is going. We will confirm availability, delivery, and a planting date.
Straight answers to what people ask before they buy. Anything else, just call.
Yes, and that is the reason to plant it here. A lot of central Missouri sits on limestone with a soil pH above 7. Northern pin oak and northern red oak both go iron chlorotic on that ground, which means yellow leaves with green veins for the life of the tree. Chinkapin oak evolved on exactly that soil. It grows on dry rocky glades and bluff tops where the rock is barely covered. If your soil test comes back high, this is the oak to plant.
Figure 40 to 50 feet tall and 50 to 60 feet wide in a yard, and it is not fast, closer to a foot a year. Once rooted in it is genuinely drought tolerant, which is the other half of the glade story. The one thing it will not take is wet feet. If your spot stays soggy, swamp white oak or overcup oak are the right calls instead.
Two things. Chinkapin oak sends down a taproot and resents being moved, so plant a container grown tree rather than a big dug one, and water it deeply through its first two summers while that root gets established. Second, almost nobody stocks it, which is why most people in Columbia have never seen one even though it is native right here. That is exactly why we grow it.
Yes. Every tree on the lot has an off-the-lot price, you pick it up and plant it yourself. The planted price adds delivery, planting, and the Year One warranty.
Every planted tree comes with follow-up visits, deep root feeding, and structural pruning through its first year. If the tree fails in Year One, we make it right. You can extend it to Year Two for 20 percent and Year Three for 15 percent of the planted price.
Spring and fall are both good windows. Fall planting gives the roots time to settle in before summer heat. Request a quote and we will work out timing with you.
Yes. The whole lot is open to trade buyers. Ask about volume pricing when you reach out.
Tell us the spot and the job. A Board Certified Master Arborist picks with you, plants it right, and stands behind it for Year One.
