Mature Form in a Front Yard (this variety)Mature Form in a Front Yard (this variety)Willow oak does not look like an oak. The leaves are narrow and willow like with no lobes at all, which gives the whole canopy a fine, soft texture most shade trees cannot match. It grows fast, around two feet a year, and the acorns are small enough that they are not the nuisance a bur oak drops. Fall runs yellow through bronze. Give it acidic soil and full sun.
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 fast, 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.
It is, and the acorns settle the argument. Willow oak sits in the red oak group alongside pin oak and northern red. The leaves simply never developed lobes: they are narrow, two to five inches long, with a tiny bristle at the tip that gives away the family. That fine leaf is the whole appeal. It reads soft from the street where most oaks read heavy, and the small leaves break down in a mulching mower instead of needing raking.
Close cousins with the same strengths. Both grow about two feet a year, both have shallow fibrous roots that transplant easily, and both want acidic soil. The differences: willow oak has a much finer texture and a tidier rounded crown, it does not carry the drooping lower branches that pin oak needs limbed up, and the acorns are smaller and less of a chore. Pin oak gives you better scarlet in fall. Willow oak gives you yellow and bronze.
Yes, but know that this is a southern tree working near the top of its range. Willow oak is native as far north as the Missouri Bootheel and is rated to zone 5, so Columbia is comfortably inside that, and established trees come through our winters fine. Young trees appreciate a mulch ring and a deep watering going into freeze up. If you want a guaranteed local native with the same fast growth, northern red oak is the safer call.
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.
